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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 contact us at 508-436-2543, info@CitationSoftware.com.


RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT PDF Snake
Plug-In
Quite Imposing
Plug-In
Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
Quite Hot Imposing 
Stand-Alone
Operating systems supported Windows Macintosh
Windows
Macintosh
Windows
Macintosh
Windows
Supports batch processing YES NO NO YES
         
FILE FORMATS PDF Snake
Plug-In
Quite Imposing
Plug-In
Quite Imposing Plus
Plug-In
Quite Hot Imposing
Stand-Alone
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
Stand-Alone
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 one or more pages on a background: for example, a watermark (this capability is sometimes referred to as "overlay" or "underlay") YES YES YES YES
Lets you add margins YES YES YES YES
Lets you add gutters (space between adjacent 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 YES YES YES YES
Lets you rotate pages at angles that are not 90 degrees from zero YES NO NO NO
Lets you impose pages that have bleeds (with contents reaching over the edges, for trimming) YES NO YES YES
Lets you do stack sorting YES YES YES YES
         
EXTRAS PDF Snake Plug-In Quite Imposing Plug-In Quite Imposing Plus Plug-In Quite Hot Imposing
Stand-Alone
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 NO NO YES YES
Lets you specify font and font size to be used for page numbers and arbitrary text NO NO YES YES
Lets you position page numbers precisely NO NO YES YES
Lets you position arbitrary text precisely NO NO YES YES
Lets you mask out (erase) 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 NO 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
Preserves form fields throughout the imposition process NO 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.
Comes with a library of pre-made imposition layouts NO — you define your own layouts NO — you define your own layouts NO — you define your own layouts NO — you define your own layouts
         
PRICING INFO PDF Snake Plug-In Quite Imposing Plug-In Quite Imposing Plus Plug-In Quite Hot Imposing
Stand-Alone
  $335.00 USD $465.00 USD $885.00 USD

Upgrade from Quite Imposing Plug-In to Quite Imposing Plus Plug-In for for $465.00 USD.
$3,479.00 USD

Upgrade from Quite Imposing Plus Plug-In to Quite Hot Imposing Stand-Alone for $2,959.00 USD.

(Pricing is subject to change without notice.)
 




    
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