Re: Creating a folded meander book - imposition problem

[Willi Egger <context@boede.nl>]

Hi Mari, Wolfgang,

I used to make such imposition schemes, but this time Wolfgang was faster…

So even if i did not try to fold the 9 x 9 version this is the scheme:

\installpagearrangement MEANDERB
 {\dosetuparrangement{3}{3}{9}{4}{4}%
    \pusharrangedpageMEANDERB\poparrangedpagesXY\relax}

\def\pusharrangedpageMEANDERB#1%
 {\advancearrangedpageN
  \reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN
  \ifcase\arrangedpageN
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}020\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}121\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}111\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}101\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageA
  \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}022\arrangedpageA
  \poparrangedpages
  \fi}

Thank you Wolfgang!

Willi
On Jan 26, 2013, at 8:57 PM, Mari Voipio wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Wolfgang Schuster
> <wolfgang.schuster@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> \setuparranging[MEANDER]
> 
> It works (of course it does!). Now I can create a funny booklet with
> my MetaPost twiddlings. :-)
> 
> 
> 
>>> A 9-page version (3x3) would also be nice to have, to make slightly
>>> bigger pages when printed on A4.
>> 
>> How do you plan to fold this?
> 
> I had to try it out on paper, but it turns out I had understood the
> text correctly: the same idea, but only two cuts.
> 
> Top row, left to right: 1,2,3
> Middle row, left to right: 6, 5, 4, all upside down
> Bottom row, left to right: 7, 8, 9
> 
> Cuts 1-2/6-5 and 5-4/8-9. The cut paper is like letter S (or a snake
> or meander, whatever you wish to call it). When folded, the back page
> remains blank because it is from the underside of the paper due to the
> odd number of pages - not necessarily a bad thing. I can always slap a
> copyright sticker or signature on that back cover...
> 
> For trial I took an A4 and cut off the bottom to make it square that
> makes quite nice 7x7 cm pages. Not handy for continuous text, but for
> short poems/thoughts or graphics/art it work out. I need to play
> around a bit, but then I can post the results in my blog. :-)
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Mari
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