6-sided letter fold (TRYPTICHON) with unequal page size
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Hi, I try getting a 6-sided letterfold with unequal page size to work. This is how it's supposed to look like: https://www.saxoprint.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/roll-fold-leafle... This is easy with the arranging option TRYPTICHON. *But* the page sizes are not equal and manually adjusting them shifts them not the way they're supposed to. Page 4 and 5 need to be a bit less wide to be able to fold neatly. Page width 1,2,3,6: 10cm Page width 4,5: 9.7cm How to adapt for the changed page size without an overlapping page 4 and a page with clearance to the adjacent 6th page? Suggestions welcome! Here the example you've all been waiting for: %% 6-sided letter fold %% https://www.saxoprint.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/roll-fold-leafle... \definepapersize [flyer] [width=10cm, height=21cm] \definepapersize [flyer-small] [width=9.7cm, height=21cm] \setuppapersize [flyer] [A4, landscape] \setuplayout [page] \setuparranging [TRYPTICHON] \starttext \showframe 10cm:\blank \rightaligned{\blackrule[width=10cm]}\vfill{\tfd\currentpage} \page 10cm:\blank[5mm] \blackrule[width=10cm]\vfill{\tfd\currentpage} \page 10cm:\blank[8mm] \blackrule[width=10cm]\vfill{\tfd\currentpage} \page %% shifts page to the left, why? \setuppapersize [flyer-small] [A4, landscape] 9.7cm:\blank[11mm] \rightaligned{\blackrule[width=9.7cm]}\vfill{\tfd\currentpage} \page \setuppapersize [flyer-small] [A4, landscape] 9.7cm:\blank[14mm] \blackrule[width=9.7cm]\vfill{\tfd\currentpage} \page \setuppapersize [flyer] [A4, landscape] 10cm:\blank[10mm] \blackrule[width=10cm]\vfill{\tfd\currentpage} \stoptext Marco
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:15:31 +0200
Marco Patzer
I try getting a 6-sided letterfold with unequal page size to work.
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How to adapt for the changed page size without an overlapping page 4 and a page with clearance to the adjacent 6th page? Suggestions welcome!
Any clues, someone? Marco
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Am 2018-06-27 um 18:35 schrieb Marco Patzer
On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:15:31 +0200 Marco Patzer
wrote: I try getting a 6-sided letterfold with unequal page size to work.
Hi Marco, I'd not try that with pages and imposition, but just use two A4 pages and place my content on them - using layers or maybe column sets. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns#Column_Sets Greetlings, Hraban --- https://www.fiee.net http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.dreiviertelhaus.de GPG Key ID 1C9B22FD
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:42:40 +0200
Henning Hraban Ramm
I'd not try that with pages and imposition, but just use two A4 pages and place my content on them - using layers or maybe column sets. http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layers http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Columns#Column_Sets
Sure, thought about that, too. But since there is a solution that seems to be built for this very purpose, I thought before rolling my own and duplicating the work, I'd just use it. And it almost works. As I haven't been using the arranging mechanism, and therefore don't know it (and its quirks), I thought there might be a simple fix. If it's not, then I'll use layers. Thanks for your input. Marco
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This isn’t possible because the imposition mechanism puts the finished pages in boxes with the same size. Wolfgang
Marco Patzer mailto:lists@homerow.info 27. Juni 2018 um 18:35 On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:15:31 +0200
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On 06/27/2018 07:54 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
This isn’t possible because the imposition mechanism puts the finished pages in boxes with the same size.
Wolfgang, isn’t it a case for \definepageshift and \setuppageshift?
Marco Patzer 27. Juni 2018 um 18:35 On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 22:15:31 +0200
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Marco, how about having different backspace and cutspace values for the required pages? I think a mix of both might be required. Pablo -- http://www.ousia.tk
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Pablo Rodriguez mailto:oinos@gmx.es 27. Juni 2018 um 20:40 On 06/27/2018 07:54 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
This isn’t possible because the imposition mechanism puts the finished pages in boxes with the same size.
Wolfgang,
isn’t it a case for \definepageshift and \setuppageshift?
For most documents this should work. \definepapersize[flyer][width=100mm,height=210mm] \setuppapersize[flyer][A4,landscape] \setuparranging [TRYPTICHON] \definepageshift[flyer][horizontal][-3pt,0pt,0pt,0pt,-3pt,-3pt] %\definepageshift[flyer][horizontal][-3pt,0pt,0pt,-1.5pt,-1.5pt,-3pt] \setuppageshift[paper][flyer] \showframe[page] \starttext \dorecurse{6}{\page[dummy]} \stoptext Wolfgang
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 20:40:52 +0200
Pablo Rodriguez
On 06/27/2018 07:54 PM, Wolfgang Schuster wrote:
This isn’t possible because the imposition mechanism puts the finished pages in boxes with the same size.
Wolfgang,
isn’t it a case for \definepageshift and \setuppageshift?
That works, indeed. Thank you (and Wolfgang) for the suggestion. Marco
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Henning Hraban Ramm
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Marco Patzer
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Pablo Rodriguez
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Wolfgang Schuster