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The latest digital imposition tools are object-independent, page rotating signature refiners—automating even further the territory once governed by the manual stripper. Very soon, the task of manual stripping will seem as foreign a concept to the seasoned graphic arts professional as does the nearly lost art of photo engraving. Current imposition tools perform a flexible and varied set of clever tasks: • Digitally imposing signatures that can be output on a variety of PostScript-compatible devices, like platesetters and imagesetters. • Rotating and viewing any object on any signature. • Creating complete, precise impositions in minutes—seconds—for a variety of layouts and