Version history
March 17, 2013
Version 3.3:
- Signed with Apple Developer Key, so 10.8 shouldn't complain
- Sheets per signature, zoom, paper size, inside and top offsets now all saved with "Save Preferences"
February 9, 2010
Version 3.2.2:
- Default window location and size saved with "Save Preferences"
- Manual duplex now saves and opens two PDF files for separate printing
- Advanced preferences button easier to see
August 27, 2009
Version 3.2.1:
- Usability improvement: if you launch Cheap Impostor without dragging
a file to it, an open file dialog appears.
- Minor Snow Leopard fix: the PDF Service is now universal, so Intel users will not be prompted to install Rosetta
June 19, 2009
Version 3.2:
- You can now print directly from Cheap Impostor. The old behavior of building an imposed file is still available via the "Save imposed file" menu item.
- Interface: scrollwheel works for paging through documents, 2-up mode has no center-line, installing PDF service pops up a window saying what to do.
- Documentation: the Advanced Features Guide is now an appendix to the main user manual
October 6, 2008
Version 3.1.1:
- Improved documentation
- Fixed a bug in the PDF service, which failed to execute Cheap Impostor from some programs (e.g. Pages)
- Fixed a bug with "better 2-up," in which some documents caused Cheap Impostor to crash
- "Better 2-up" works in German locale now
- As always, this version is free for all registered owners of previous versions
March 10, 2008
Version 3.1.0:
- A new oft-requested feature: "better 2-up". Does plain 2-up without
the imposition page reordering, but with all of the zoom & offset features.
Inside offset and zoom enabled with registration.
February 10, 2008
Version 3.0.4:
- Fixed a race condition that prevented Preview from opening imposed files properly
July 28, 2007
Version 3.0.3i:
- Refactored code for internationalization
- Added German locale (thanks to Norbert Lindenthal)
May 24, 2007
Version 3.0.2:
- Imposed output automatically opens in your default PDF viewer
- "Page up" and "page down" keys to page through document
- Fixed inability for non-admin users to save preferences (again)
May 6, 2007
Version 3.0.1:
- Fixed incompatibility with locales with commas for decimal points
- Fixed inability for non-admin users to save preferences
April 30, 2007
Version 3.0:
- Live preview
- Zoom and offset sliders instead of knobs
- Paper size integrated with OS X page setup
- Rewritten to use Quartz PDF libraries for improved compatibility
April 26, 2007
Version 3.0 beta 3:
- Implemented printer alignment feature (registration required)
- Support "insert blank pages" feature
- Improved page forward-back stepper gadgets
April 13, 2007
Version 3.0 beta 2:
- Fixed issue with rotated odd pages in manual duplex
- Respects "crop box" for documents cropped using Preview or Acrobat
- Supports "creep" compensation (paper alignment not yet implemented)
- Progress bar clears when completed
- Registration is now required for adjusting zoom and binding offset
April 8, 2007
Version 3.0 beta 1:
- Complete rewrite in native Cocoa/Objective C
- More robust PDF compatibility
- Live preview of imposition settings
- Numerous UI improvements based on user feedback (sliders instead of knobs, etc)
Sept 25, 2006
Version 2.61:
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Fixed PDF floating-point output - caused some images to not show up in imposed output.
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Fixed null stream parsing (skipped past too many newline characters) - caused parser to halt with PDF error.
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Fixed universal app build - some machines were having problems launching. If you still have problems please let me know!
August 16, 2006
Version 2.6:
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There is now a comment at the beginning of the PDF output that
describes the parameters used to create the file
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Allows non-admin users to save preferences and register
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Fixed a bug in the custom paper size height field
April 2006
Version 2.51u:
- Finally, Cheap Impostor is a Universal application. Thanks to the Cocoa-Java community
for helping with this difficult task!
March 2006
Version 2.5:
- Fixed a long-standing bug with Adobe-generated PDF's that previously required an awkward workraround involving printing to PDF within Preview.
Nov 5, 2005
Version 2.4:
- Fixed "printer alignment" advanced option (a registered feature). The alignment page wasn't opening in Preview.
- Increased max memory size of app to enable Cheap Impostor to process very large documents
September 16, 2004
Version 2.2.2:
- Fixed bug with "insert blank pages"
- Fixed bug with multiple users (other users couldn't use the application)
May 18, 2005
Version 2.3:
- Tiger compatibilty: fixed an off-by-one error in the document dictionary that caused the Tiger PDF library to determine that it could not open the output of Cheap Impostor.
September 7, 2004
Version 2.2.1:
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Fixed archive: September 6th's Version 2.2 had an incorrect version number, and and incorrectly popped up a "please register" notice for registered users. Sorry!
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New feature: margin "creep" compensation.
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New feature: alignment adjustment for printers whose paper alignment is off-center.
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Note: A4 and North American versions have been merged. Select your output page size in "Preferences".
June 13, 2004
Version 2.1.3b:
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2.1.3b fixes a "hangs at launch" error some users were having with 2.1.3.
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Feature: imposition settings (zoom, offset, sheets-per-sig) are now sticky.
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Fixed bug in magazine mode where first few pages could have bad page placement.
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Fixed bug where trial mode users couldn't save preferences.
June 12, 2004
Version 2.1.3:
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Feature: imposition settings (zoom, offset, sheets-per-sig) are now sticky.
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Fixed bug in magazine mode where first few pages could have bad page placement.
This only showed up when Cheap Impostor added blank pages at the end of a document.
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Fixed bug where trial mode users couldn't save preferences.
June 3, 2004
Version 2.1.2:
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Fixed PDF string parsing bug. This bug probably affected all Quark-generated PDFs.
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PDF Services installation is more robust.
June 2, 2004
Version 2.1.1:
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Fixed bug relating to corrupted output with manual duplex
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Fixed bug with page placement and margins with long-edge binding
May 29 , 2004
Version 2.1:
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New feature: PDF Services support. Preferences has a "Install PDF Services" button. After you press this, Cheap Impostor is available as a service from most print dialogs
May 26 , 2004
Version 2.0:
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New PDF library. Now supports incrementally saved PDF files
May 13 , 2004
Version 1.0.4:
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Preferences now let you specify the "binding edge" your printer uses for duplexing
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A separate download on the product site supports A4 paper size
May 10, 2004
Version 1.0.3:
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Improves error reporting: gives feedback when asked to process an encrypted or incrementally saved PDF file
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Documentation is now in PDF format
May 8 , 2004
Version 1.0.2:
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The page ordering for manual duplex was wrong.
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One-page PDF documents caused Cheap Impostor to produce no output.
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Feature: You can insert blank pages at the beginning of a document (pre-imposition) to fix pagination issues.
May 6 , 2004
Version 1.0.1:
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The last page of a document's resource dictionary wasn't properly merged.
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Fixed manual duplex filenames (always was reversed, regardless of "reverse odd pages" setting)
May 1 , 2004
Version 1.0: