From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/76538 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marco Pessotto Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?) Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:26 +0200 Message-ID: <87ehq2vdj9.fsf@universe.krase.net> References: <878vgayl0w.fsf@universe.krase.net> <87pq9mvmll.fsf@universe.krase.net> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338329817 28640 80.91.229.3 (29 May 2012 22:16:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 22:16:57 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed May 30 00:16:57 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SZUil-0001Dj-AB for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE25101EA; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id nGnDuxjU6lyS; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34A94101E4; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E04D101E4 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:51 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id q7JNmj5oAHa5 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52DAE101E2 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:48 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id q4TMGlkm002925 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:47 +0200 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SZUiZ-00015N-Jg for ntg-context@ntg.nl; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:43 +0200 Original-Received: from 93-137-164-249.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([93.137.164.249]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:43 +0200 Original-Received: from melmothx by 93-137-164-249.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 May 2012 00:16:43 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 93-137-164-249.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Fh+rz3M6XBor/Su571HRmW2iFrE= X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=80.91.229.3; country=NO; latitude=62.0000; longitude=10.0000; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=62.0000,10.0000&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03HfWgLQp - a3ea555370f4 - 20120530 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:76538 Archived-At: Willi Egger writes: > To my knowledge the printer will have more hand-work than accepting > that e.g. the 2*4*2 or the 2*2*4 scheme is used. - Again, if I > understand you correctly, then the folding machine can only do a > single fold. So after assembling the section with two folded sheets > still a manual fold must be made along the spine. I expect that the > assembly is quite unstable if it has to be stitched/sewn. > > In the first case one can pick two sheets and fold them twice, > resulting in a 16 pages section. Such folded sections are stable for > stitching/sewing. Even more easy is the 2*2*4 approach, with a > single folding over the spine you end up with a section of 16 > pages. This kind of section is reasonably stable for > stitching/sewing. Hi Willi, thanks for your truly inshightful reply. I'll discuss this with the people doing the printing/folding/binding, because, as you noted, something here doesn't feel right. Thanks again Best wishes -- Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________