Though I made the initial proposal I totally agree with Louis and Craig. I think at the moment there are too many other things that need to be done.
I also believe that there are two different things we are talking about: One thing is imposing other documents like tiffs through Scribus. This can be done quite well through scripting. What I was talking about is to impose entire documents layouted with Scribus before they are streamed to pdf or output device. This still is a _major_ issue because of the huge amount of factors like color sequence for the calibration bars, situation of the calibration bar, spacing between pages on the sheets, page orders, bleeds, etc. Although implementation can wait, I think the printer folks on the list should do the conceptual work for a plug-in. What should it do, how does it work (fully automated, template based, etc.). It would even be helpful to start with some code. Although the whole bloody thing will have to be rewritten at a later point (may be in a couple of years), this code would be helpful for the coder that wants to pick it up to see what the idea is. And also because I hate turning up with the odd "could you please..." without contributing anything. I also think that this should be started as a sort of sig (special interest group). Any proposals?
