Patent ID: 8233160

Claim:
A method for automatically placing a rotated row in a multi-up imposition, comprising: calculating dimensions for an imposition layout, a plurality of rectangular page cells arranged into and a plurality of rows and columns, wherein said plurality of page cells are of a same orientation; analyzing said dimensions to determine whether a row of rotated page cells can be added to said imposition layout wherein analyzing said dimensions to determine whether said row of rotated page cells can be added to said imposition layout further comprises: determining a largest dimension of said plurality of page cells; calculating a minimum distance required to accommodate said plurality of page cells of a same orientation; calculating an area available for accommodating said rotated page cells by subtracting said minimum distance from said layout distance on said orientation; calculating an available distance for placing a row of rotated page cells by comparing said area with distance required by shorter dimension of a page description language; and analyzing whether said available distance is large enough to add said row of rotated page cells; and placing said row of rotated page cells and said plurality of page cells of a same orientation in said imposition layout.