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Comparison chart for imposition solutions

The chart below gives a detailed comparison of the different imposition solutions offered by Citation Software.

It can be difficult to understand the differences among these solutions, even if you study this chart carefully. Note that we offer a FREE consulting service to help you identify the best solution for your technical requirements and budget. Don't hesitate to call us at 888-260-7316 or e-mail us at info@CitationSoftware.com.


RUNTIME
ENVIRONMENT
    PDF Snake
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
  Quite Hot Imposing
Operating systems
supported
    Windows   Macintosh
Windows
  Macintosh
Windows
  Macintosh
Windows
Requires Adobe Acrobat     yes   yes   yes   no
FILE
FORMATS
    PDF Snake
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
  Quite Hot Imposing
Input formats
supported
    PDF   PDF   PDF   PDF
Output formats
supported
    PDF   PDF   PDF   PDF
IMPOSITION
FEATURES
    PDF Snake
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
  Quite Hot Imposing
Imposition schemes
supported
    Booklets
N-up
Step-and-repeat
User-defined
  Booklets
N-up
User-defined
  Booklets
N-up
Step-and-repeat
User-defined
  Booklets
N-up
Step-and-repeat
User-defined
Lets you save a series of
imposition commands
and re-use them
    yes   no   yes   yes
Handles creep for
booklets
    yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you lay out pages on
a background (for example,
a watermark)
    yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you add margins     yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you add gutters (space between pages on a press sheet)     yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you re-position page contents by moving them up, down, left, or right     no   yes   yes   yes
Lets you make pages larger or smaller by scaling them     yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you make pages larger or smaller by adding or removing whitespace from left, right, top, bottom of page     no   yes   yes   yes
Lets you rotate pages in
90-degree increments
from zero
    yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you rotate pages
at any angle
    yes   no   no   no
Lets you do stack sorting (North-South sorting)     yes   yes   yes   yes
EXTRAS     PDF Snake
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
  Quite Hot Imposing
Lets you add
page numbers
    yes   no   yes   yes
Lets you add
Bates numbers
    yes   no   yes   yes
Lets you add arbitrary
text instead of or in
addition to page numbers/
Bates numbers
    yes   no   yes   yes
Lets you specify font to be
used for page numbers/
Bates numbers and
arbitrary text
    no   no   yes — choose from
pre-defined list
of 12 fonts
  yes — choose from
pre-defined list
of 12 fonts
Lets you specify font size
to be used for page numbers/
Bates numbers and
arbitrary text
    yes — choose from
pre-defined list of
3 sizes
  no   yes — any size   yes — any size
Lets you position page
numbers/Bates numbers
precisely
    no   no   yes   yes
Lets you position
arbitrary text precisely
    no   no   yes   yes
Lets you mask out (obscure)
existing text and graphics in
specific locations
    no   no   yes   yes
Lets you process individual
pages separately
    no   yes   yes   yes
Lets you process even and
odd pages separately
    yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you reverse the order
of pages in a document
    yes, but only feasible
for relatively short
documents
  yes   yes   yes
Lets you add crop marks
(trim marks)
    yes   yes   yes   yes
Lets you check the
PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-3
status of a PDF file
    no   no   yes   no
Lets you preserve the
PDF/X-1a or PDF/X-3
data in an imposition
    no   no   yes   yes
Can preserve form fields
throughout the
imposition process
    no   yes*   yes*   yes*
          *The form fields cannot be preserved as "live" fields, but you can either choose to discard the data contained in form fields or you can choose to flatten the form fields.
AUTOMATION     PDF Snake
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
  Quite Hot Imposing
Lets you use GUI to record
and re-use a series of tasks
    yes   yes   yes   no
Lets you do
batch processing
    yes   no   no   yes
Supports hot folders     yes
(with hot-folder edition)
  no   no   yes
Has programmer's API     no   no   no   yes
PRICING     PDF Snake
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing
Plug-In
  Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
  Quite Hot Imposing
(Pricing is subject to change without notice.)     $335.00 USD
Available for Windows only.
  $465.00 USD
For this price, you'll receive BOTH the Macintosh version AND the Windows version.
  $885.00 USD
For this price, you'll receive BOTH the Macintosh version AND the Windows version.

(For upgrade pricing, click here; then click the "Buy" tab.)
  $3,499.00 USD
For this price, you'll receive EITHER the Macintosh version OR the Windows version.

(For upgrade pricing, click here; then click the "Buy" tab.)

If you're not sure which page-imposition solution is the most appropriate one for your needs, give us a call at 888-260-7316.
 




    
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