From: Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>
Subject: Re: \setuparranging values for perfect bound A5 on A3?
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 10:35:00 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45f3d4f4-3bf6-1a11-be0d-77247ce6ed05@fiee.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <273794F1-B9A6-47FF-8E63-42CD4F1388DC@scorecrow.com>
Am 09.10.22 um 02:29 schrieb Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context:
> I have a book to be perfect bound[1] and I'm trying to work out what imposition to use.
>
> The printer would like 4 A5 pages laid out on A3 e.g.
>
> +---+---+
> | | |
> | a | b |
> | | |
> +---+---+
> | | |
> | c | d |
> | | |
> +---+---+
>
> so that he can cut the paper and simply stack a, b, c, & d on top of each other and then put them in the binding machine[2].
>
> If the book is 40 pages long, say, then stack 'a' has page 1 on the top, page 2 on the reverse, then the next sheet has page 3 and 4, and so on down to the last sheet which has page 9 on the front and page 10 on the back. Stack 'b' would have page 11 on the front, 12 on the back and so on, so that each stack has a quarter of the book.
>
> Is this something LMTX can do and if so what combination of \setuplayout and \setuppaper do I need to use? If they can be printed in reverse order then great but I assume the printer can do that fairly easily. If not, is there a recommended external program that can do it?
>
> I've tried \setuplayout[4*2] and XY with 2x2 but neither output is what I need.
You meant \setuparranging, didn’t you?
https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition
has an example on how to create your own scheme.
Good luck!
Hraban
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-09 0:29 Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
2022-10-09 1:58 ` Max Chernoff via ntg-context
2022-10-09 18:24 ` Bruce Horrocks via ntg-context
2022-10-09 8:35 ` Henning Hraban Ramm via ntg-context [this message]
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