Re: issue with imposition

["Pablo Rodríguez" <oinos@web.de>]

Willi Egger wrote:
> Hi Pablo,
> 
> The problem is that the filius-page is higher than the width of an A4. 
> So there is no way other than to scale the original pages down to a 
> height of 210mm. For this action you can use something like

Thanks for your fast reply. I thought it was possible to set center the 
imposed pages, both vertically and horizontally, to define a

> The following code in a tex-file.
> 
> \definepapersize[Mypaper][height=210mm,width=123mm]
> \setuppapersize
>   [Mypaper][Mypaper]
> \setuplayout
>   [page]
> \starttext
> \copypages
>   [input.pdf]
>   [scale=905,
>    offset=0pt]
> \stoptext
> 
> The resulting pdf-file should then be arranged. However I would  suggest 
> not to use 2UP.  Arranging the whole file (351 pages) with 2UP results 
> in a rather thick single booklet of 88 A4-sheets. What you can try is to 
> setup arranging as follows (untested). Put this code into an environment 
> file e.g. arrange.tex

Thanks for the code bellow, but I'm not trying to make a booklet, but to 
print the book to cut the paper in two pieces to bound it.

Thanks anyway,


Pablo


> \definepapersize[Mypaper][height=210mm,width=123mm]
> %\definepapersize [offset=15pt]   
> \setuppapersize
>   [Mypaper][A4,portrait]
> \setuplayout
>   [backspace=0pt,
>       topspace=0pt,
>      width=middle,
>      height=middle,
>      %location=middle,
>      header=0pt,
>      footer=0pt]
>     
> \setuppagenumbering[location=,alternative=doublesided]
> \setuparranging[2*2*4]
> \starttext
>     \insertpages[input-scaled.pdf][width=0pt]
> \stoptext
> 
> On the commandline call conTeXt as follows
> 
> texmfstart texexec --pdfarrange --environments=arrange 
> --result=output.pdf  input-scaled.pdf
> 
> I hope this helps
> 
> Willi
> 
> On Jan 18, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Pablo Rodríguez wrote:
> 
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I would like to use the imposition capabilities from ConTeXt to be able
>> to print a PDF book in a standard laser printer. To save paper, I use 
>> the 2UP arranging option thanks to this code from the wiki:
>>
>> \definepapersize    [filius][width=135.9mm, height=231.8mm]
>> \setuppapersize        [filius][A4,landscape]
>> \setuparranging        [2UP,doublesided]
>> \setuplayout [backspace=0pt,
>>     topspace=0pt,
>>        width=middle,
>>       height=middle,
>>     location=middle,
>>       header=0pt,
>>       footer=0pt,
>>       grid=no, marking=off]
>> \starttext
>> \filterpages[ZittrainTheFutureoftheInternet.pdf][4:351][height=21cm]
>> \stoptext
>>
>> The PDF file can be downloaded from
>> http://futureoftheinternet.org/static/ZittrainTheFutureoftheInternet.pdf.
>>
>> The issue here is that I get a resulting paper size with the filius 
>> height and not with 21cm from A4.
>>
>> I have tried have the output in a standard A4 paper size, but all that 
>> I got is a scaled down PDF. I would like to avoid scaling the document 
>> if that were possible.
>>
>> Is there any way, given the example above, to impose the filius paper 
>> size on a real landscape A4 without having to scale down the PDF 
>> document?
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>>
>>
>> Pablo

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