On 24 Nov 2024, at 14:45, vm <v...@klankschap.nl> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 24/11/2024 12:46, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
>> Q3: I don’t know of a way to change the number of pages but how would
>> bundles of 5 work since it is not a multiple of 4?
>
> You'd combine a number of A4 sheets (each with 4 pages) into stacks.
>
> The source for the imposition is a pdf containing A5 pages.
>
> The [2*2*4] scheme generates multiple katernen (stacks) of 4 sheets.
> Each sheet containing 4 pages per A4.
> The katern contains 4*4 pages.
>
> Instead of stacks of 4 (4*4=16 pages per stack) where then katernen will
> number from 1..16, 17.32, ...
>
> I'd like to combine 5 (5*4=20) pages per stack) 1..20, 21..40, ...
> or 6 (6*4=24) etc
I see. The following will give you 20 pages per stack. To get 24 you’ll need to
create \arrangedpageK and add it in following the same pattern as A-J.
%D Section of 40 pages: 5 sheets, 2 pages front and backside
%D Coding: [2*2*5]
\newbox\arrangedpageI \newbox\arrangedpageJ
\installpagearrangement 2*2*5
{\dosetuparrangement{2}{1}{20}{0}{0}% X,Y,Total,hcutmarks,vcutmarks
\pusharrangedpageTWOTWOFIVE\poparrangedpagesAtoJ/pop\relax}
\permanent\protected\def\pusharrangedpageTWOTWOFIVE#1%
{\advancearrangedpageN
\reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN
\ifcase\arrangedpageN
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageA % 1 rot,hskip,vskip
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageB % 2
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageC % 3
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageD % 4
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageE % 5
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageF % 6
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageG % 7
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageH % 8
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageI % 9
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageJ % 10
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageJ % 11
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageI % 12
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageH % 13
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageG % 14
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageF % 15
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageE % 16
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageD % 17
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageC % 18
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageB % 19
\or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA % 20
\poparrangedpages
\fi}
\permanent\protected\def\poparrangedpagesAtoJ
{\ifnum\arrangedpageN>\zerocount
\paperwidth\arrangedpageX\paperwidth
\paperheight\arrangedpageY\paperheight
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageA
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageB
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageC
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageD
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageE
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageF
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageG
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageH
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageI
\outputarrangedbox\arrangedpageJ
\global\arrangedpageN\zerocount
\fi}
\def\Schema{2*2*5}
\setuppapersize[A5][A4,landscape]
% the schema being tested
\setuparranging [\Schema]
% Visuals
\setupbodyfont[ss,14pt]
\setuplayout [margin=0pt, width=fit, header=2.8ex, footer=2.8ex]
\setupalign[middle,hilo]
\setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer]
\setupheadertexts[\CONTEXT\ imposition test]
%\showframe
\setupbackgrounds [text][text][background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray]
\setuplayout [location=middle,marking=off]
\startbuffer[Fakepage]
\strut
\blank
\bold{[\Schema]}
\vfill
This is page \recurselevel
\vfill
\stopbuffer
\starttext
\dorecurse{40}{\getbuffer[Fakepage]\page}
\stoptext
—
Bruce Horrocks
Hampshire, UK
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