David's Quickie 16 page Signature Imposition Helper for a 480 Page Book
(just in case you happened to need one)

Katie Harper of the Ars Brevis press posted this query to the Book_Arts-L mailing list:

From: Book_Arts-L: READ THE FAQ at http://www.philobiblon.com
Subject: [BKARTS] Large Book Imposition

I have to plan a large book that will be photocopied onto signatures,
four sheets of 11x17 paper copied on both sides. The entire book will
be about 480 pages. I'm trying to figure out a way plan the printer spreads
without building an actual dummy of 480 pages. I was hoping that Pagemaker's
"Build Booklet" command would help, but apparently it's designed for single
signature or perfect bound books only.

It seemed to the that one approach might be to develop a simple spreadsheet
laying out the imposition table, so I took a quick stab at it for Katie and
any else for whom it might be helpful. Here's what it looks like:

I have saved the file in an expanded Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format that should work with any version of Excel from version 95 to the present. After agreeing that you will not hold me liable for any nefarious things you may do with it, or it may do to you or your work, you may download the spreadsheet by right-clicking on this link and choosing "Save Target As...". Good luck!

-David S. Rose
 Five Roses Press
 New York, NY