arnold huzen wrote:
I'm afraid I don't know what you mean by 'as in book signatures'.
Arnold Huzen
Eric S. Johansson schreef:
as in book signatures. any way to print them automatically in OO?
from wikipedia:
A signature is a large sheet printed with several pages, intended to
form four or more leaves in the finished book. The pages are arranged on
the sheet so that all of the pages orient the same way and are in proper
sequence after the sheet is folded. Arranging these pages correctly is
called imposition. (Signature also refers to a sequence number or code
printed on the sheet so that the several signatures that make a complete
book may be properly sequenced; this signature is often trimmed off
after binding.) The signature may be folded in several ways, depending
on the number of leaves it will form; it is then stitched together down
the last fold. See also paper size.
* A sheet folded in quarto (also 4to or 4º) is folded in half twice
at right angles to make four leaves. Also called: 4-page signature.
* A sheet folded in octavo (also 8vo or 8º) is folded in half 3
times to make 8 leaves. Also called: 8-page signature.
* A sheet folded in sextodecimo (also 16mo or 16º) is folded in
half 4 times to make 16 leaves. Also called: 16-page signature.
* Duodecimo or 12mo, 24mo, 32mo, and even 64mo are other foldings
of a signature. Modern paper mills can produce very large sheets, so a
modern printer will often print 64 or 128 pages on a single sheet.
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what I'm looking to do is produce a book by hand. I'm not interested in
perfect binding although I will settle for that if I have to. I would
like to produce a book with hand sewn binding. I need to be able to
print in the right order, page images, four to a sheet (two front, two
back) such that when four sheets are folded and nested, the 16 leaves
are all in correct reading order.
If I'm to use perfect binding, I need the same kind of printing order
because perfect binding requires cutting the sheet along the leaf
boundary and then collating the pages. If you have the right order,
it's simply putting one stack on top of the other otherwise it's a nasty
job of hand collating.
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