pdfpressCustom imposition.
A grid you control. Pick the finished sheet, divide it into columns and rows, then click any cell to set which page lands there and which way up. Gutters and margins are yours to set; everything else follows.
What custom imposition does
A grid you control. Pick the finished sheet, divide it into columns and rows, then click any cell to set which page lands there and which way up. Gutters and margins are yours to set; everything else follows.
The normal workflow
- 1Open your file. Drop a PDF (or PNG/JPEG) in — Custom imposition reads the page size and count and suggests a starting setup.
- 2Check the auto layout. The sheet, count and marks are picked for you. The live preview shows exactly what will print.
- 3Adjust what matters. Change only the settings that need it — everything else stays on its suggested value.
- 4Export the imposed sheet. Download a print-ready PDF, or send it straight to print — processed locally, nothing uploaded.
What you can normally adjust
- Sheet
- Orientation
- Columns
- Rows
- Sheets
- Sheet layout
- Copies
- Scaling
- Double sided
- Crop marks
- Gutter
- Margin
- Gutter across
- Gutter down
- Margin top
- Margin right
- Margin bottom
- Margin left
- Bleed in art
- Sheet width
- Sheet height
- Mark length
- Mark weight
- Distance from trim
- Clearance beyond bleed
- Registration marks
- Marks in gutters
- All plates
- White border
- Enable decorations
- Apply to
- Header
- Header alignment
- Footer
- Footer alignment
- Numbering
- Start numbering at
- Number position
- Watermark
- Watermark size
- Watermark opacity
- Watermark rotation
- Font
- Header / footer size
- Distance from edge
- Text color
- Decorate pages
Related tools
- Booklet · saddle stitch — Two pages per side, folded and stapled as one booklet.
- Book · perfect bound — Two pages per side in folded sections, gathered and glued at the spine.
- N-up — Several pages per sheet, in reading order. The sheet and the count are chosen to waste the least paper.
- Step & Repeat — Business cards, labels and tickets: each page repeated to fill the sheet, with bleed and marks handled.
- Cut & Stack — Cut the sheets, stack the piles, and the pages are already in order. Stack depth follows the page count.
- Poster — Blow a page up across 2×2, 3×3 or a target width of sheets, with overlap strips and an assembly map.