Understanding the imposing-mechanism

Understanding the imposing-mechanism

["H. Özoguz"]

Hi there,

following Wolfgangs suggestion, I set every game-card on a single page 
now. All cards are in one pdf-File, each on his own page. Every page has 
the size 47,5mm x 76mm.

Now I tried to place the pages on a big sheet, its size is 660mm x 
330mm, s.th. the small cards are set in a 4*13 sceme (floor(330/76)=4 
and floor(660/47,5) = 13) - but I failed.

There is an example in the wiki for imposing existing pdf-pages, but I 
do not understand it, and if I try to change its values for my example, 
I get nothing reasonable, nor even understandable.
The example of the wiki is here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition

And here my failed try:

\definepapersize[sheet][width=660mm,height=330mm]
\definepapersize[bigsheet][width=\dimexpr\paperwidth+4mm\relax,height=\dimexpr\paperheight+4mm\relax]
\setuppaper[sheet][bigsheet]
\setuppaper[nx=13, ny=4]
\setuplayout[page][location=middle, marking=on]
\setuparranging [XY]

\setuplayout
   [backspace=0pt,
     topspace=0pt,
        width=middle,
       height=middle,
     location=middle,
       header=0pt,
       footer=0pt]
\setuppagenumbering[]

\starttext
\insertpages
   [eslami_karten.pdf][]
\stoptext

Thanks for help.
Huseyin


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Re: Understanding the imposing-mechanism

[Wolfgang Schuster]

Am 24.05.2013 um 15:49 schrieb H. Özoguz <h.oezoguz@mmnetz.de>:

> Hi there,
> 
> following Wolfgangs suggestion, I set every game-card on a single page now. All cards are in one pdf-File, each on his own page. Every page has the size 47,5mm x 76mm.
> 
> Now I tried to place the pages on a big sheet, its size is 660mm x 330mm, s.th. the small cards are set in a 4*13 sceme (floor(330/76)=4 and floor(660/47,5) = 13) - but I failed.
> 
> There is an example in the wiki for imposing existing pdf-pages, but I do not understand it, and if I try to change its values for my example, I get nothing reasonable, nor even understandable.
> The example of the wiki is here: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition
> 
> And here my failed try:
> 
> \definepapersize[sheet][width=660mm,height=330mm]
> \definepapersize[bigsheet][width=\dimexpr\paperwidth+4mm\relax,height=\dimexpr\paperheight+4mm\relax]
> \setuppaper[sheet][bigsheet]
> \setuppaper[nx=13, ny=4]
> \setuplayout[page][location=middle, marking=on]
> \setuparranging [XY]
> 
> \setuplayout
>  [backspace=0pt,
>    topspace=0pt,
>       width=middle,
>      height=middle,
>    location=middle,
>      header=0pt,
>      footer=0pt]
> \setuppagenumbering[]
> 
> \starttext
> \insertpages
>  [eslami_karten.pdf][]
> \stoptext


You have to change the size for the page and paper, the first has to be the size of the cards
while the second is the size of the paper which you use to print all cards.

\definepapersize [card] [width=47.5mm,height=76mm]
\definepapersize [sheet] [width=660mm,height=330mm]

\setuppapersize [card][sheet]

\setuplayout [page] [location=middle,marking=on]
\setuplayout [page]

\setuppaper[nx=13,ny=4]
\setuparranging [XY]

\starttext
\showframe
\dorecurse{100}{\centerbox{\definedfont[Sans sa 5]\pagenumber}\page}
\stoptext

Wolfgang
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