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Overview

 

When Morning Flight calculates a 5-1/2x8-1/2" business form 2-up, it assumes you'll be using a single original. In other words, the same form imaged twice on the same plate to double the yield. The press doesn't care whether the two images are different - makeready and run costs will be the same either way. Ditto for postpress. It's prepress where costs may differ, depending on how the film is generated.

 

Imagesetter

 

Film either outsourced or produced on an in-house imagesetter is commonly done full size. That makes the number of originals irrelevant. It doesn't matter whether you run the same form 2-up, or two different forms side by side. Morning Flight will charge for a full 9x12" film unit in either case.

 

 

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Camera

 

Here, things get murky. Most shops still using a camera will either cut the film in half before shooting an undersized original, or shoot two small jobs together and cut the film apart when it's dry. To price that 5-1/2x8-1/2" business form, the program will cut the 9x12" film in half and assume you'll step-and-repeat the image to get 2-up on the plate.

 

 

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Morning Flight calculates how many press sheets can be cut from the paper size, and how many product sheets fit on the press sheet. It does so independent of grain. If grain matters, it can be specified for both sheets. What if you want to override (reduce) the number of "ups" for the product? Say you want to print eight 3 x 4" two-sided cards on a 9 x 12 press sheet, work and turn. The program says 9-up which leaves out work and turn. The solution? Leave the paper size at 9 x 12 but reduce the press sheet to 8 x 12.

 

See also

 

Pricing Prepress