Overlapping pages lose bleed

[metromike]

We are trying to "nest" boxes in XMƒ by overlapping the pages in the impo.
We are losing bleed where they overlap. Does anyone know how to override this to allow bleed?
You can see the Green bleed line and there is art extended but does not work when overlapping.

[(Pre)PressingMyLuck]

I don't know about XMF, but when Quite Imposing plus imposes it uses XObjects and sometimes masks and can do similar stuff. Like when I first started doing manual impo with it, I had to double the spacing, or half the bleed or the second one down would cover the first one down, if going left to right. Which is different than if you step and repeat with the built in function, it masks each object off to half the gutter so it works right.

[Tracy]

I had to nest something using XMF
I could not get it to work, I nested it 2-up  in indesign
and then I was able to step it over
let us know if you get it to work!!

[David]

I don't use XMF but most imposition programs do not support a "nested" style impo.

You will need to do it in an external program (Indesign or Illustrator) then place the nested file in the impo.

[metromike]

Agreed on your first comment!

We have customers that demand a 1 up proof for a box.
They don't like proofing imposed sheets with sometimes upside-down boxes.

We are also trying to send pdfs that come directly out of xmf as proofs.
When we impo in ID, which we have been and continue to do then grabbing the 1 up pdf from the art folder for proof is not the pdf that went into xmf.

[Tracy]

You can create a 1-up pdf from XMF
do you have a license?
They can call in and walk you through it
otherwise drag your pdf icon to the press icon not the plate icon
go through your settings and check it out.

[born2print]

I don't use XMF but most imposition programs do not support a "nested" style impo.

You will need to do it in an external program (Indesign or Illustrator) then place the nested file in the impo.

Yep, that's what we do, we prep a single box (or whatever odd shaped item) and refine.
Then we hand build the form using that pdf in InDD and refine that, then impose "1-on".