Re: [NTG-context] Is it possible to define a custom imposition schema? (sure it is, but how?)

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. Willi On May 29, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Marco Pessotto wrote:

Willi Egger writes:

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Hi Marco,

If I understand correctly what you need is a system which is basically based on booklet-printing but each booklet should be restricted to 16 pages. In this case you might try

\setuparranging[2*2*4]

This scheme put two pages on the front and two pages on the backside of a sheet of paper. Then it uses 4 sheets to complete the section.

Willi

Hello Willi, thanks for your reply.

No, the scheme is quite complicated (from 1 to 16) because the pages are first folded, then the two *folded* sheets are inserted one into the other, and then signature is bound and trimmed.

So the scheme looks so (R means rotated 180°):

13 R | 4 R ----------- 16 | 1

3 R | 14 R ----------- 2 | 15

9 R | 8 R ----------- 12 | 5

7R | 10R ---------- 6 | 11

Yes, that's crazy (if you ask me). As I said, I'll go with the layers and a perl helper, the outcome looks almost fine.

Best wishes

-- Marco

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