FAQs

Here you will find the answers to the most frequently asked questions. If you have questions about our programs whose answers you don't find here, please send us a brief E-mail.

 What's so special about VivaImpose?
 Where does the simplicity lie?
 What does Viva understand by automation?
 What kind of data can be imposed?
 How do I process PostScript files?
 Why should I use EPS files?
 How do I process PDF files?
 Which versions of the program are available?
 What kind of color control do I have?
 Why are there no PostScript errors?
 For whom is VivaImpose suited?
 Is there a Windows Version?
 How is VivaImpose integrated into my workflow?
 How stable is the program?

The special feature of VivaImpose^® is its simplicity and speed on the one hand and the complex possibilities for automation on the other. VivaImpose^® was developed for printers and users who for years have been fighting with the problems of digital imposition and the difficulties they had with existing programs.

The goal of the development was in one minute to be able to enter all preferences for the imposition of a document. The program should be able to recognize and display all problem cases. An unpracticed computer user should after a short training period be capable of imposing a document. All these requirements have been perfectly fulfilled by VivaImpose^®.

The simpler a program is, the more complex are its internal processes. If for example the user changes to another printing machine, the program must be able to import all the marks relating to that machine into the spread without the user having to do anything.

Data from all programs and platforms can be imposed that are available in EPS, TIFF, JPEG or PDF format.

PostScript^® files are converted to EPS files with a conversion program. This process can be fully automated so that no extra work or waiting need occur.

In order to meet the huge demands of our customers with regard to speed and security, we decided to use the EPS format.

In the new version of VivaImpose^®, PDF files can also be imported directly, providing the program Adobe Acrobat 4 is installed. With the help of Adobe^® Acrobat^® 4, files are converted internally to EPS files. This process is necessary, since no RIP can interpret PDF files (the files are converted into PS in the RIP), and PDF and PS files cannot be mixed. The assistance of Acrobat^® offers advantages from the point of view of compatibility with the Adobe^® Standard.

VivaImpose is available as a "stand-alone" program, and as an AddIn for our layout program VivaPress^® Professional. There are three versions of VivaImpose^® named Silver, Gold and Diamond. Further information on the program versions here.

You have full control over all the colors in the imposed document. The program displays which colors are used on which pages and whether they are process or spot colors.

If you impose data with VivaImpose^® that have been produced with a PostScript^® Interpreter such as Adobe Exchange^®, the probability is that PostScript errors will hardly appear at all at the imaging stage, since the data has already been checked for errors by this function. On the contrary, it means that PostScript errors will be found long before you start on the electronic imposition. This saves a lot of time and aggravation.

VivaImpose^® is just as suitable for professional book publishers as for small printing companies who wish to print leaflets and brochures. Due to its format independence and flexibility, VivaImpose^® is a universal tool for everyone in the printing industry.

At present VivaImpose^® works on the basis of MacOS and processes data from all platforms. Since the Macintosh can be built into all types of network without any problems and would only be needed for imposition and printing, we feel that a Windows version is at the moment not really necessary. Despite this we have begun development work on a Windows version.

For VivaImpose^® the origins of the data and where they are to be printed are irrelevant. It doesn't matter whether you have a Dalim, Fuji or any other system for data preparation, VivaImpose^® imports all files. The same goes for output on all systems (e.g. Adobe, Agfa, Fuji, Harlequin, Heidelberg, Linotype, Scitex, etc.) and RIPs that are level 2 compatible. VivaImpose can therefore be integrated into every workflow.

VivaImpose^® is according to its all its users very stable and extremely reliable.