Thanks a lot Willi,
Sorry for the late reply. Actually, for a while I couldn't make it work.
But It seems it was just my \dosetuparrangement that was wrong.
Now it works. Here it is, cleaned-up:
\installpagearrangement 2*5*double*2*5
{\dosetuparrangement{2}{5}{10}{3}{6}
% number of pages on the x axis,
% number of pages on the y axis,
% total (?),
% number of cutmarks on the x axis,
% number of cutmarks on the y axis,
\pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED\poparrangedpagesAB\relax}
\def\pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED#1%
{\advancearrangedpageN
\reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN
\ifcase\arrangedpageN
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA % 1
% Numbers starting from 0:
% rotation state,
% horizontal placement,
% vertical placement.
\\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageB % 2
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageA % 3
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageB % 4
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageA % 5
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageB % 6
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageA % 7
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageB % 8
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageA % 9
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageB % 10
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageA % ...
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageB %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageA %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageB %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageA %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageB %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageA %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageB %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageA %
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageB %
\poparrangedpages
\fi}
\definepapersize[Vignette][width=80.0mm,height=50.0mm]
\setuppapersize [Vignette][A4]
\setuparranging [2*5*double*2*5]
\setuplayout
[margin=0pt,
location=middle,
marking=on]
\showframe
\starttext
\dorecurse{20}{\vbox to \textheight{\vfill\midaligned{\tfd ABC}\vfill}\page}
\stoptext
My aim is to have something as plain as possible
so I can modify it quickly to print double-sided cards, more likely from an image,
instead of using some clumsy wysiwyg editor.
Next thing is to find a sensible name for the layout. I'm not sure about the 2*5*double*2*5 name.
Thanks again.
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:20:36 +0100
> From: Willi Egger <context@boede.nl>
> To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
> Subject: Re: [NTG-context] \installpagearrangement doublesided
> stickers
> Message-ID: <6A631259-75DC-4B7F-BE10-A0584908B5E9@boede.nl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> Hello Jigé,
>
> Adapt your layout to the following and it works.
>
> \setuplayout
> [%]
> margin=0mm,
> topspace=0mm,
> backspace=1mm,
> width=80mm,
> height=50mm,
> nx=2,
> ny=5,
> dx=0mm,
> dy=0mm,
> location=middle,
> marking=on,
> ]
>
> Kind regards
> Willi
>
>> On 16 Jan 2022, at 15:18, Jigé via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl> wrote:
>>
>> Greetings everyone.
>>
>> Well, it's not exactly about double-sided stickers but sort of. Imagine printing a double-sided sheet and using a so-called plastifying device to make tokens.
>> I began with the File Card and Labels examples from the wiki, then tried to change the \installpagearrangement example from the 'imposition' wiki page.
>>
>> My question is:
>> how to position everything in the middle of the sheet, so that double-siding actually works?
>> As is, it's all in the top left corner. Changing the location argument for "location=middle" in \setuplayout doesn't work here. What should it be?
>>
>> By the way, I'm not sure about the 3rd, 4th and 6th arguments in the dosetuparrangement command.
>>
>> Thanks a lot!
>>
>> Here it is:
>>
>> \installpagearrangement 2*5*double*2*5
>> {\dosetuparrangement{5}{2}{10}{3}{6}% X,Y,Total,hcutmarks,vcutmarks
>> \pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED\poparrangedpagesAB\relax}
>>
>> \def\pusharrangedpageTWOFIVEDOUBLESIDED#1%
>> {\advancearrangedpageN
>> \reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN
>> \ifcase\arrangedpageN
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA % 1 rot,hskip,vskip
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageB % 2
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageA % 3
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageB % 4
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageA % 5
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageB % 6
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}011\arrangedpageA % 7
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}001\arrangedpageB % 8
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageA % 9
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageB % 10
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}012\arrangedpageA % ...
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}002\arrangedpageB %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageA %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageB %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}013\arrangedpageA %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}003\arrangedpageB %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageA %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageB %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}014\arrangedpageA %
>> \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}004\arrangedpageB %
>> \poparrangedpages
>> \fi}
>>
>> \definepapersize[Etiquette][width=80.0mm,height=50.0mm]
>> \setuppapersize [Etiquette][A4]
>> \setuparranging [2*5*double*2*5]
>> %\setuplayout [margin=0pt, width=fit]
>> \setuplayout[
>> %location=middle,%nx=2,ny=5,
>> %location=middle,
>> location=left,
>> marking=on,
>> margin=0mm,
>> topspace=0mm,
>> backspace=0mm,
>> width=fit,
>> %header=0mm,
>> %footer=0mm,
>> %align=middle,
>> ]
>>
>> \showframe
>> %\setuppagenumbering[state=stop]
>> \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided]
>>
>> \starttext
>> \dorecurse{20}{\vbox to \textheight{\vfill\midaligned{\tfd ABC}\vfill}\page}
>> \stoptext
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