Opportunities for More Color
Where a page could contain more color, Esprit shows this in blue. Editorial and advertising departments may use this information to help maximize sales.

What Happens if Part of the Press is Unserviceable?
Planned maintenance, faults during a production run etc., will mean that the operator will need to change the imposition to avoid using the unserviceable parts of the press. By simply clicking on the press mimic, Esprit is told to disregard this part of the press. The system will regenerate impositions.

For example, in the imposition shown here, pages A2, A4, A21 and A23 could all be color but only text black has been selected and that is why they are highlighted in blue.

The example shows a rollstand and an angle bar have been taken out of service.

Taking the Current Imposition into Account
Esprit can be asked to generate an imposition that requires the fewest changes from the previous imposition. In this case, the imposition generated is rarely the ‘best’ imposition, but may be the most ‘convenient’ in terms of minimizing changeover costs. In systems integrated with the PRIMA MS, the ‘Current Press State’ can be taken directly from the PRIMA Impositioning module.

In the press mimic shown below, half, three quarter and full rolls are indicated below the roll stands and also the web paths that they are currently using.

Calculating the ‘Least-Change’ Imposition
Using the current imposition and the new product specification Esprit will generate a ‘least change’ imposition. The current imposition can be called up from saved impositions, or the user may also enter the current web paths using the press mimic screen. The user then defines the required product as normal. Esprit will calculate the imposition that will require the fewest changes.

Specific Web Path Penalties
The user is also able to set specific penalties for a particular web for using it, webbing it up and removing it. In addition, he can set penalties for various features of a web path. For example, he might choose to penalize a situation in which a half roll was run through a 4-high tower.

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