Is it possible to arrange pages so that they fall alternating on two sides of the sheet?

Is it possible to arrange pages so that they fall alternating on two sides of the sheet?

[Marcin Borkowski]

Hi all,

I have something like this:

\definepapersize[thin][width=210mm,height=74.25mm]
\setuppapersize[thin][A4]
\setuppaper[nx=1,ny=4]
\setuplayout[topspace=1.5cm,backspace=1.5cm,
  header=0mm,footer=0mm,
  width=middle,height=middle]
\setuparranging[XY]

I'd like to have pages 1, 3, 5, 7 on one side of the A4 sheet, and 2,
4, 6, 8 on the other one.  In other words, there should be two
(A4-sized) pages in the pdf.  (My use case is a short quiz for my wife's
students - she wants to save paper;).)

Bonus points for making pages 5-8 *identical* to pages 1-4, so that:

on pages 1-2 (top of the A4 sheet, both sides) there is one problem set;
on pages 3-4 (just below the previous one) there is another;
on pages 5-6 (yet below) the first problem set is repeated;
on pages 7-8 (bottom) the second one gets repeated again.

TIA,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University
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Re: Is it possible to arrange pages so that they fall alternating on two sides of the sheet?

[Willi Egger]

Hi,

If I understand  your request correctly then there is an impositioning scheme for this already in place:

\setuparranging[1*4]	%section: one sheet 1 x 4 pages = 4 pages single sided!

This scheme gives 4 pages on a A4.

Kind regards

Willi
On Nov 6, 2012, at 11:09 PM, Marcin Borkowski wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have something like this:
> 
> \definepapersize[thin][width=210mm,height=74.25mm]
> \setuppapersize[thin][A4]
> \setuppaper[nx=1,ny=4]
> \setuplayout[topspace=1.5cm,backspace=1.5cm,
>  header=0mm,footer=0mm,
>  width=middle,height=middle]
> \setuparranging[XY]
> 
> I'd like to have pages 1, 3, 5, 7 on one side of the A4 sheet, and 2,
> 4, 6, 8 on the other one.  In other words, there should be two
> (A4-sized) pages in the pdf.  (My use case is a short quiz for my wife's
> students - she wants to save paper;).)
> 
> Bonus points for making pages 5-8 *identical* to pages 1-4, so that:
> 
> on pages 1-2 (top of the A4 sheet, both sides) there is one problem set;
> on pages 3-4 (just below the previous one) there is another;
> on pages 5-6 (yet below) the first problem set is repeated;
> on pages 7-8 (bottom) the second one gets repeated again.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> -- 
> Marcin Borkowski
> http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
> Adam Mickiewicz University
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> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
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