A method for the automated creation of production data sets for orders for printed products comprising a plurality of pages to be printed in a printing means, wherein a printed product consists of at least one fold signature, wherein a fold signature of the printed product consists of at least one section consisting of a plurality of actual signature sheets or of at least one actual signature sheet, wherein the print content of each of these actual signature sheets is displayed in a virtual pdf signature, which consists of a plurality of pdf pages and/or at least one mark set, wherein job data of an order to be printed is fed to an imposition module, wherein production options of at least one processing means, which is present in the printing means, are provided to the imposition module to calculate imposition data, wherein, based on the job data and imposition data, the imposition module creates a complete production data set, which represents an unambiguous description of the order (job) to be printed, in an automated manner, for the order to be printed, wherein, to acquire the imposition data a) at least one first anchor point is placed on any page of the printed product, b) this at least one first anchor point on a curve defined on the basis of a model of the finished printed product, is transferred to all pages of the printed product, wherein each point of intersection of the curve with each page of the printed product results in a new page anchor point, c) the fold signatures belonging to a printed product are divided, if necessary, into the respective sections and/or into the respective signature sheets, so that the page anchor points for the respective pages are also stored on each of the signature sheets as a function of at least one product parameter, d) to finish the virtual pdf signatures, the respective pdf pages and/or mark sets are placed onto the sections and/or signature sheets in such a way that at least one reference point (24-1, 24-2) defined on the pdf page is arranged congruently on the respective page anchor point or the one anchor point. wherein a fold signature of the printed product consists of at least one section consisting of a plurality of actual signature sheets or of at least one actual signature sheet, wherein the print content of each of these actual signature sheets is displayed in a virtual pdf signature, which consists of a plurality of pdf pages and/or at least one mark set, wherein job data of an order to be printed is fed to an imposition module, wherein production options of at least one processing means, which is present in the printing means, are provided to the imposition module to calculate imposition data, wherein, based on the job data and imposition data, the imposition module creates a complete production data set, which represents an unambiguous description of the order (job) to be printed, in an automated manner, for the order to be printed, wherein, to acquire the imposition data a) at least one first anchor point is placed on any page of the printed product, b) this at least one first anchor point on a curve defined on the basis of a model of the finished printed product, is transferred to all pages of the printed product, wherein each point of intersection of the curve with each page of the printed product results in a new page anchor point, c) the fold signatures belonging to a printed product are divided, if necessary, into the respective sections and/or into the respective signature sheets, so that the page anchor points for the respective pages are also stored on each of the signature sheets as a function of at least one product parameter, d) to finish the virtual pdf signatures, the respective pdf pages and/or mark sets are placed onto the sections and/or signature sheets in such a way that at least one reference point (24-1, 24-2) defined on the pdf page is arranged congruently on the respective page anchor point or the one anchor point.