Willi Egger <cont...@boede.nl> writes: > 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.
Hi Willi, thanks for your truly inshightful reply. I'll discuss this with the people doing the printing/folding/binding, because, as you noted, something here doesn't feel right. Thanks again Best wishes -- Marco ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
