a number of different print jobs having different print quantities can be combined into a single job that results in reduced bindery costs . an imposition is produced with the print patterns for the different print jobs in different print positions . jobs with larger print quantities can occupy a greater number of print positions . the allocation of print positions among the different print jobs can be based on quantity ratios . a print job having twice the quantity of another should occupy twice the number of print positions . proper allocation of print positions results in maximizing the number of sheets that can be printed with a single imposition . maximizing the number of identically printed sheets results in reduced bindery costs .