[NTG-context] imposition: getting to the last page of a booklet

2024-02-23 Thread Michael Guravage
Greetings, I would like to use the nextquadruple and beforequadruple pagebreakhandlers described at the bottom of the wiki's imposition page. However, the examples complain of an error invoking the \installpagebreakhandler command. The wiki page was last updated nearly four years ago. Is anyone

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition: 4 on 1, last 2 pages upside down

2019-04-20 Thread Paul Schalck
Thanks, but don't bother if I'm the only one using this formatting. I've lowercased the switch name in the wiki section. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillis

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition: 4 on 1, last 2 pages upside down

2019-04-20 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/20/2019 12:41 PM, Paul Schalck wrote: Hi, I ended up creating a new imposition schema. I've added a little wiki section on the matter: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition best use lowercase, so: 1*4*reversed Is this often used? if so, should we add it? Willi (who is the impositi

[NTG-context] Imposition: 4 on 1, last 2 pages upside down

2019-04-20 Thread Paul Schalck
Hi, I ended up creating a new imposition schema. I've added a little wiki section on the matter: https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Imposition Greetings! Paul ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, plea

[NTG-context] Imposition: 4 on 1, last 2 pages upside down

2019-04-18 Thread Paul Schalck
Hello, I'm trying to get four small A6 pages on one A4 page (portrait) like this: 4 1 3 2 The last two pages should be upside down. This is my starting point: \setuppapersize[A6][A4] \setuparranging[1*4] Aside from the different page sequence, this rotates the last two pages, which is not wh

Re: [NTG-context] imposition with some rotated pages

2017-08-02 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 08/02/2017 01:40 PM, Willi Egger wrote: > Hi Pablo, > > hm, it seems that this is a special issue. Hi Willi, many thanks for your reply. After printing some imposed pages (the ones that didn’t need rotation), I realized the text was barely readable. So I will print it normal > [...] > The b

Re: [NTG-context] imposition with some rotated pages

2017-08-02 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Pablo, hm, it seems that this is a special issue. As I understand it you should separate the pages which are rotated. Then rotate them into another file. Finally use the [2UP] arranging for reassembling all pages. The built in impositioning tool in Context is typesetting first all pages up

Re: [NTG-context] imposition with some rotated pages

2017-08-02 Thread Hans Hagen
On 8/2/2017 7:23 AM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: On 08/02/2017 07:11 AM, Rudolf Bahr wrote: On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 08:55:56PM +0200, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: The rotated pages in the source PDF document are a problem here. Is there any way to have rotation for some pages in the source document to g

Re: [NTG-context] imposition with some rotated pages

2017-08-01 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 08/02/2017 07:11 AM, Rudolf Bahr wrote: > On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 08:55:56PM +0200, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >> >> The rotated pages in the source PDF document are a problem here. >> >> Is there any way to have rotation for some pages in the source document >> to get the right imposition? > > Wit

Re: [NTG-context] imposition with some rotated pages

2017-08-01 Thread Rudolf Bahr
On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 08:55:56PM +0200, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: > > The rotated pages in the source PDF document are a problem here. > > Is there any way to have rotation for some pages in the source document > to get the right imposition? With "pdftk" you can rotate some or all pages of a pdf-

[NTG-context] imposition with some rotated pages

2017-07-30 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
Dear list, I have a PDF document in A4 paper size with some rotated pages. I would like to make a booklet of it: \setuppapersize [A5][A4, landscape] \setuparranging [2UP] \setuplayout [backspace=0pt, topspace=0pt, width=middle, height=middle,

[NTG-context] imposition broken in latest beta?

2016-10-05 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
Dear list, I’m using latest beta from 2016.09.24 12:40. I have the following sample: \showframe \setuppapersize [A5][A4] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \setuplayout [backspace=0pt, topspace=0pt, marking=page, location=doublesided,

Re: [NTG-context] imposition not working in latest beta

2015-04-18 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 04/18/2015 01:39 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4/18/2015 12:18 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >> [...] >> It doesn’t work with (.log file attached): >> >> contextjit --extra=arrange --printformat=2UP >> --paperformat=A4*A3,landscape a.pdf > > unrelated ... this is a forgotten argument > > in luat-ini

Re: [NTG-context] imposition not working in latest beta

2015-04-18 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/18/2015 12:18 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: On 04/17/2015 12:22 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: On 4/16/2015 11:21 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: Hans, I’m afraid that imposition is not working with latest beta. indeed, also side effect of the mp upgrade .. fixed in next beta Many thanks for your fix,

Re: [NTG-context] imposition not working in latest beta

2015-04-18 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
On 04/17/2015 12:22 AM, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 4/16/2015 11:21 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: >> Hans, >> >> I’m afraid that imposition is not working with latest beta. > > indeed, also side effect of the mp upgrade .. fixed in next beta Many thanks for your fix, Hans. I’m afraid that it only works

Re: [NTG-context] imposition not working in latest beta

2015-04-16 Thread Hans Hagen
On 4/16/2015 11:21 PM, Pablo Rodriguez wrote: Hans, I’m afraid that imposition is not working with latest beta. indeed, also side effect of the mp upgrade .. fixed in next beta - Hans H

[NTG-context] imposition not working in latest beta

2015-04-16 Thread Pablo Rodriguez
Hans, I’m afraid that imposition is not working with latest beta. Either the command (it crashes): context --extra=arrange --printformat=2UP --paperformat=A4*A3,landscape a.pdf Or the following sample has no text in output: \setuppapersize [A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging [2UP] \

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2SIDE: feature request

2013-10-05 Thread Willi Egger
Dear Thomas, yes this reaction is really late… your request is not silly. Yet I have to say that this will not be possible to solve easily with the mechanism used for arranging pages. The thing is, that this mechanism is looping over the pages and puts them in the right place. This means, that

[NTG-context] imposition 2SIDE: feature request

2013-09-11 Thread Thomas A. Schmitz
I know this is a bit silly, but maybe useful for a few people: the 2SIDE arrangement is nice for printing out and previewing book pages on A4 landscape. However, the arrangement has even and odd pages swapped. Would it be possible to define a scheme which does exactly the same as 2SIDE, but add

Re: [NTG-context] imposition broken again

2012-07-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-07-09 um 19:06 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: With at least today’s and yesterday’s beta I can’t get no satisfaction WRT imposition. Before, only 2UP was broken, and I got a workaround. Now, every schema that I tried doesn’t do anything. Was there another syntax change? Of course I r

Re: [NTG-context] imposition broken again

2012-07-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-07-09 um 19:06 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: With at least today’s and yesterday’s beta I can’t get no satisfaction WRT imposition. Before, only 2UP was broken, and I got a workaround. Now, every schema that I tried doesn’t do anything. Was there another syntax change? Of course I

[NTG-context] imposition broken again

2012-07-09 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
With at least today’s and yesterday’s beta I can’t get no satisfaction WRT imposition. Before, only 2UP was broken, and I got a workaround. Now, every schema that I tried doesn’t do anything. Was there another syntax change? Of course I ran context with --arrange \setuppapersize [A7][A3,la

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-05-18 um 18:00 schrieb Hans Hagen: quick hack that you can put in cont-new.mkiv Works for me, too. Thank you very much! Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer) ___

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > quick hack that you can put in cont-new.mkiv > > \def\handlearrangedpageTWOUP > {\splitoffarrangedpagesTWO >\ifconditional\arrangedswapstate > \global\setbox\arrangedpageA\hbox >{\box\arrangedpageA > \box\arrangedpageB}% > \setfalse\arrangedswa

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Hans Hagen
On 18-5-2012 16:59, Marco Pessotto wrote: Hans Hagen writes: is there a simple test file Sure: %% start \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{ \input knuth } \stoptext % stop This produces 6 whit

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: > is there a simple test file > Sure: %% start \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \dorecurse{20}{ \input knuth } \stoptext % stop This produces 6 white pages with the latest beta (while output c

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Hans Hagen
On 18-5-2012 15:06, Marco Pessotto wrote: Henning Hraban Ramm writes: 2012/5/18 Marco Pessotto: Version 2011.11.29 23:11 works. I think you can get it on the git repository. There was a thread recently about how to fetch it from there. Yes, e.g. "my" thread. I'm working with such an old ver

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Henning Hraban Ramm writes: > 2012/5/18 Marco Pessotto : >> Version 2011.11.29 23:11 works. I think you can get it on the git >> repository. There was a thread recently about how to fetch it from >> there. > > Yes, e.g. "my" thread. I'm working with such an old version for the > project where I c

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
2012/5/18 Marco Pessotto : > Version 2011.11.29 23:11 works. I think you can get it on the git > repository. There was a thread recently about how to fetch it from > there. Yes, e.g. "my" thread. I'm working with such an old version for the project where I can’t live without 2UP imposition. But th

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
Henning Hraban Ramm writes: > Am 2012-04-23 um 20:10 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: > >> Am 2012-04-20 um 17:58 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: >> >>> Hi there, >>> >>> like in January (see mail by Mari), the latest beta produces only >>> empty pages with 2UP imposition schema; others work (tested 2SI

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-05-17 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-04-23 um 20:10 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: Am 2012-04-20 um 17:58 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: Hi there, like in January (see mail by Mari), the latest beta produces only empty pages with 2UP imposition schema; others work (tested 2SIDE and 2DOWN). e.g. \setuppapersize [A5][A4

Re: [NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-04-23 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2012-04-20 um 17:58 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm: Hi there, like in January (see mail by Mari), the latest beta produces only empty pages with 2UP imposition schema; others work (tested 2SIDE and 2DOWN). e.g. \setuppapersize [A5][A4,landscape] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesi

[NTG-context] imposition 2UP = empty pages

2012-04-20 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Hi there, like in January (see mail by Mari), the latest beta produces only empty pages with 2UP imposition schema; others work (tested 2SIDE and 2DOWN). e.g. \setuppapersize [A5][A4,landscape] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer] \setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta) [FIXED]

2011-11-18 Thread Marco Pessotto
On version: 2011.11.17 23:31 it works again. Thanks Hans! -- 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/

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-15 Thread Willi Egger
On 15 Nov 2011, at 11:42, Marco Pessotto wrote: > Hans Hagen writes: > >>> %% start minimal example >>> >>> \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] >>> \setuparranging[2UP] >>> >>> \setupnotedefinition[footnote][location=serried] >>> >>> \showframe >>> >>> >>> \starttext >>> >>> test\footnote{\

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-15 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hans Hagen writes: >> %% start minimal example >> >> \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] >> \setuparranging[2UP] >> >> \setupnotedefinition[footnote][location=serried] >> >> \showframe >> >> >> \starttext >> >> test\footnote{\input knuth} >> \inmargin{this is in the margin} >> >> \stoptext >> %% st

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-15 Thread Hans Hagen
On 15-11-2011 11:33, Marco Pessotto wrote: Willi Egger writes: Hi, Thanks for spotting this. I tested with my project where there are only few footnotes, indeed the reference-numbers are gone once arranging is set on. It looks like it's a in-margin material problem, not a footnote one. Se

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-15 Thread Marco Pessotto
Willi Egger writes: > Hi, > > Thanks for spotting this. I tested with my project where there are only few > footnotes, indeed the reference-numbers are gone once arranging is set on. > It looks like it's a in-margin material problem, not a footnote one. See the next example: %% start minimal e

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-10 Thread Willi Egger
Hi, Thanks for spotting this. I tested with my project where there are only few footnotes, indeed the reference-numbers are gone once arranging is set on. Willi On 10 Nov 2011, at 18:20, Marco Pessotto wrote: > > Hello there. > > With the latest beta, the following example fails to show the f

[NTG-context] Imposition eats footnote numbers (on the latest beta)

2011-11-10 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. With the latest beta, the following example fails to show the footnote number. Commenting the setuparranging shows it again. %% start minimal example \setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape] \setuparranging[2UP] \starttext test\footnote{this is the note} \stoptext %% stop. Current (201

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-26 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2011-08-26, pią o godzinie 03:00 -0400, Aditya Mahajan pisze: > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > > > Dnia 2011-08-25, o godz. 19:19:13 > > Aditya Mahajan napisał(a): > > > >> On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > >>> > >>> Thanks - but this is exactly what I do *not* w

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-26 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: Dnia 2011-08-25, o godz. 19:19:13 Aditya Mahajan napisał(a): On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: Thanks - but this is exactly what I do *not* want to do. My first idea was to do something like \def\onepageworthofmaterial{\page} \dorecu

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-25 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2011-08-25, o godz. 19:19:13 Aditya Mahajan napisał(a): > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > > > > Thanks - but this is exactly what I do *not* want to do. My first > > idea was to do something like > > > > \def\onepageworthofmaterial{\page} > > \dorecurse{4}{\onepageworthofmate

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-25 Thread Hans Hagen
On 26-8-2011 00:40, Marcin Borkowski wrote: 2. I'd like to prepare a cheat sheet of size, say, A6, so I want *the same page* to be repeated 4 times on an A4 sheet. Is there a "canonical" way to do it? (I mean, other than copying-and-pasting, or equivalently, defining a macro and repeating it 4

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: 2. I'd like to prepare a cheat sheet of size, say, A6, so I want *the same page* to be repeated 4 times on an A4 sheet. Is there a "canonical" way to do it? (I mean, other than copying-and-pasting, or equivalently, defining a macro and repeating it

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-25 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Dnia 2011-08-25, o godz. 18:59:32 Aditya Mahajan napisał(a): > On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > imposition in ConTeXt is great, but... > > > > 1. When I last used it (MkII), I had to invoke texexec with the > > --arrange option or something like this. Does it work

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-25 Thread Aditya Mahajan
On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Marcin Borkowski wrote: Hi, imposition in ConTeXt is great, but... 1. When I last used it (MkII), I had to invoke texexec with the --arrange option or something like this. Does it work in an easier way with MkIV? (I mean, I just do context filename and don't care about m

[NTG-context] Imposition and repeating pages

2011-08-25 Thread Marcin Borkowski
Hi, imposition in ConTeXt is great, but... 1. When I last used it (MkII), I had to invoke texexec with the --arrange option or something like this. Does it work in an easier way with MkIV? (I mean, I just do context filename and don't care about multiple runs etc.) 2. I'd like to prepare a che

[NTG-context] Imposition with signatures (pdfpages/psbook emulation -- kind of announce)

2011-01-16 Thread Marco Pessotto
Hello there. I deal very often with imposition, useful for zinesters and to create home-made booklets. ConTeXt by itself seems not to manage signatures, i.e., given a text long 200 pages, it should be imposed in smaller booklets of 50 pages each. (Or at least I didn't find anything about it) At

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition

2010-11-29 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
Am 2010-11-28 um 07:30 schrieb luigi scarso: Willi is the master of page arrangements: see also http://meeting.contextgarden.net/2010/talks/2010-09-18-willi-arrangements/ That reminds me: Willi, I promised to look for the "standardized" imposition schemas in my copy of "Offsetdrucktechnik" b

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition plus indenting causes pages to be offset

2009-11-10 Thread Hans Hagen
John Deeny wrote: On 11/6/2009 3:13 PM, Hans Hagen wrote: John Deeny wrote: I am trying to set up the environment for a booklet, but I am having trouble using indenting with imposition. The pages are shifted to the right on the larger sheet by the indenting amount. Increasing the amount of th

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition struggles

2007-01-21 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Taco, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Willi Egger wrote: > >> Help! >> > > Looks like it is caused by the auto-inserted empty pages. > This looks ok to me: > > \dorecurse {35}{% >.. as before > } > \page \setuppagenumbering[location=] > \dorecurse {13}{~\page}% > \stoptext > Yo

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition struggles

2007-01-21 Thread Willi Egger
Hi Taco, Taco Hoekwater wrote: > Willi Egger wrote: > >> Help! >> >> I need to get a book on paper... >> >> Using: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.18 12:57 MKII fmt: 2007.1.19 int: >> english/english >> >> Problem: >> >> By means of veroffset and horoffset the arranged pages should be placed >> in th

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition struggles

2007-01-21 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Willi Egger wrote: > Help! Looks like it is caused by the auto-inserted empty pages. This looks ok to me: \dorecurse {35}{% .. as before } \page \setuppagenumbering[location=] \dorecurse {13}{~\page}% \stoptext ___ ntg-context mailing list

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition struggles

2007-01-21 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Willi Egger wrote: > Help! > > I need to get a book on paper... > > Using: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.18 12:57 MKII fmt: 2007.1.19 int: > english/english > > Problem: > > By means of veroffset and horoffset the arranged pages should be placed > in the center of the sheet. > However, depending on

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition struggles

2007-01-21 Thread Peter Rolf
Hi Willi, Willi Egger wrote: > Help! > > I need to get a book on paper... > > Using: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.18 12:57 MKII fmt: 2007.1.19 int: > english/english > > Problem: > > By means of veroffset and horoffset the arranged pages should be placed > in the center of the sheet. > However, dep

[NTG-context] Imposition struggles

2007-01-20 Thread Willi Egger
Help! I need to get a book on paper... Using: ConTeXt ver: 2007.01.18 12:57 MKII fmt: 2007.1.19 int: english/english Problem: By means of veroffset and horoffset the arranged pages should be placed in the center of the sheet. However, depending on the number of pages, the last sheets get

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition of A7,landscape on A4

2005-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
hi, I think I was not completly clear: as source I have A7 landscape. As result I want to have it on A4 (the A3 in the demo was a typo). thanks Wolfgang ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition of A7,landscape on A4

2005-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
Page5 \page Page 5 back \page Page 6 \page Page6 back \page Page7 \page Page7 back \page Page8 \page Page8 back \stoptext ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition of A7,landscape on A4

2005-03-20 Thread Peter Münster
On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Wolfgang Zillig wrote: > I want to print 8 pages of A7, landscape doublesided on A4. I always get the > pages connected on the shorter side of the page, but that is wrong. Has > anyone > an idea how to solve this? > > [...] > > \setuppapersize[A7,landscape,rotated][A3,lan

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition of A7,landscape on A4

2005-03-20 Thread Willi Egger
back \page Page7 \page Page7 back \page Page8 \page Page8 back \stoptext ___ ntg-context mailing list ntg-context@ntg.nl http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context % Imposition of 8 a7 portrait on a a4 landscape % Wolfgang Zillig % Context file

[NTG-context] Imposition of A7,landscape on A4

2005-03-20 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
Hello, I want to print 8 pages of A7, landscape doublesided on A4. I always get the pages connected on the shorter side of the page, but that is wrong. Has anyone an idea how to solve this? Thanks Wolfgang for explanation, the result looks like this: - | | | |

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-17 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi.scarso wrote: I have a problem about stickers and imposition; there's a special x/y one for stickers Yes, syst-ext. and others syst-. I try to made a pdf-collection of useful module like syst-*, page-* core-box, supp-box, some module for fonts (open issue: turkish), etc. (last entry: \s

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-17 Thread luigi.scarso
Hans Hagen wrote: in page-imp are some additional inclusion macros -) Yes, i have seen some of them. I have a problem about stickers and imposition; i try to use/modify some of this macros for pagearrangement, but i consume all tex memory. Actually i have found a dirty solution using perl and sort

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-17 Thread Albrecht Kauffmann
Multivalent has a pdf-tool for arranging some pages at one printing page. Greetings Albrecht On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, luigi.scarso wrote: > Ciro A. Soto wrote: > > I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages. > I would like to save toner in my printer by > printing 2 or 4 pages in one single shee

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread luigi.scarso
Ciro A. Soto wrote: I tried Hans' approach. It works fine, but My "approach" shows a (my) way to manipulate pages from a source pdf; Hans gives you the exact solutions for your problem. I hope you have found both useful. somehow the pdf file with the 2*2 pages is corrupted since it does not prin

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread Ciro A. Soto
I tried Hans' approach. It works fine, but somehow the pdf file with the 2*2 pages is corrupted since it does not print well, mostly garbage. It looks good on screen though. I printed one page of the original pdf and it is fine. So the problem happens in the imposition step. any suggestion? thank y

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi.scarso wrote: Sorry ciro, but i like write tex code. 1. save following code as test.tex in page-imp are some additional inclusion macros -) \centerline{% \externalfigure[test][page=1] \externalfigure[test][page=3] \externalfigure[test][page=5] \externalfigure[test][page=7] \externalfigure[

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread luigi.scarso
Sorry ciro, but i like write tex code. save following code as test.tex %% %% save it as test.tex %% \setupcolors[state=start] \starttext \dorecurse{660}% {\startTEXpage[width=3cm,height=2cm] \vbox to \vsize{\vss \hbox to\hsize{\hss\framed[width=2cm,align={middle,lohi},background="" \stop

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread Ciro A. Soto
Thank you. This should work. Ciro --- Hans Hagen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > luigi.scarso wrote: > > Ciro A. Soto wrote: > > > >>I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages. > >>I would like to save toner in my printer by > >>printing 2 or 4 pages in one single sheet of > paper. > >> > >>Is it p

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread Ciro A. Soto
Thank you Luigi, but where is the pdf file input in your instructions? remember, i don't have the tex file, only the pdf file. ciro --- "luigi.scarso" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Ciro A. Soto wrote: I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages.I would like

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread Wolfgang Zillig
I think something link texexec --pdfarra --noduplex --paper=A5A4 --print=2SIDE yourdocument.pdf should work. There is more information about in the the manual for texexec www.pragma-ade.com/general/manuals/mtexexec.pdf Wolfgang luigi.scarso schrieb: Ciro A. Soto wrote: I have a pdf file with 66

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread Hans Hagen
luigi.scarso wrote: Ciro A. Soto wrote: I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages. I would like to save toner in my printer by printing 2 or 4 pages in one single sheet of paper. Is it possible to do this with context? or any other alternative? Remember, I don't have the source file, only the pd

Re: [NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-16 Thread luigi.scarso
Ciro A. Soto wrote: I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages. I would like to save toner in my printer by printing 2 or 4 pages in one single sheet of paper. Is it possible to do this with context? or any other alternative? Remember, I don't have the source file, only the pdf file. th

[NTG-context] imposition for a pdf file

2005-03-15 Thread Ciro A. Soto
I have a pdf file with 660 letter-size pages. I would like to save toner in my printer by printing 2 or 4 pages in one single sheet of paper. Is it possible to do this with context? or any other alternative? Remember, I don't have the source file, only the pdf file. thank you Ciro ___

Re: [NTG-context] Imposition features/limitations.

2004-09-21 Thread Hans Hagen
John Culleton wrote: On pages 39 ff and section 3.6 of _The Context Manual_ there are examples of different page imposition methods. I wonder if this has been extended to the level of true prepress software, with compensation for paper thickness and/or skew when folded and cut? Or is it just a

[NTG-context] Imposition features/limitations.

2004-09-21 Thread John Culleton
On pages 39 ff and section 3.6 of _The Context Manual_ there are examples of different page imposition methods. I wonder if this has been extended to the level of true prepress software, with compensation for paper thickness and/or skew when folded and cut? Or is it just a demonstration of wha