From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/6825 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lukas Kubin Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: more folds to bind a book Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 17:31:45 +0100 (CET) Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: References: <001401c1adac$e93aa780$0100a8c0@xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035397333 14119 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 18:22:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:22:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ntg-context Original-To: Willi Egger In-Reply-To: <001401c1adac$e93aa780$0100a8c0@xs4all.nl> Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:6825 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:6825 Hi Willi, thank you very much for your help! The \setuparranging[2*2*4] looks intuitively -- like something I could try before disturbing this list. However your sample file (and my document as well) gives me a bad result -- 1 page per side instead of 2. I am using ConTeXt 2.6. Don't you know where the problem could be? Thank you. I really appreciate your help. lukas On Mon, 4 Feb 2002, Willi Egger wrote: > Hi Lukas, > > Due to the fact, that I am a user of CONTEXT during spare time, it > is sometimes somewhat difficult to give immediate reactions.... > > As I understand your mail you intend to prepare 5 sections, each consisting > out of 4 sheets of paper each sheet of paper carrying 2 pages on both sides. > A section has 16 pages. > > THIS IS NO PROBLEM! Context resolves that for you! > > Please refer to the attached sample-file. After compilation you will have > two sample sections... > > I hope this will be of help. Kind regards Willi > > > > >I am typesetting a book of poems that should be sewed per about 4 sheets > >(16 pages = 2pages per side doublesided) for better reading. The book will > >be sewed of app. 5 such booklets. So I wish to have the sheets grouped at > >right papers for printing > > > Can someone, please, give me a better description of how to process the > > document for booklets per 4 sheets? (or how to implement the suggested) > > > > Thank you. > > > > lukas > > > > On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Willi Egger wrote: > > > > > Hi Lukas, > > > > > > > I need to print a book for binding per 5 pieces of paper. It means I > need > > > > to translate my doubleside document for booklets of 5 papers. > > > > I'm using the 2UP parameter in arranging but it just makes the book of > one > > > > booklet. How do I split it? > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > lukas > > > > > > With the current possibilities within CONTEXT you can not print 5 times > 4 > > > pages per sheet i.e. sections of 20 pages. - You will have to develop > this > > > scheme yourself. - Please have a look at the file page-imp.tex. There > are > > > already quite a number of page imposition schemes. - Is there a specific > > > reason to make sections of 20 pages? - In general one would prefere to > make > > > sections of 16 or 32 pages. The latter impositions schemes are already > in > > > place. > > > > > > When I developped some of them, I was advised to put such new > definitions in > > > the file cont-new.tex, because this file is always loaded. > > > > > > Willi > > > > > > > -- > > Lukas Kubin > > lukas.kubin@permonik.com > > phone: 00420603836180 > > > > > > -- Lukas Kubin lukas.kubin@permonik.com phone: 00420603836180