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To impose means to order * Placing four A5 pages on both sides of an A4 sheet: 1 and 4 on the back, 2 and 3 on the front.* Placing 64 inner pages of a bigger book on one printing sheet, to produce one signature.* One of those brochures made by folding an A4 sheet in a wayinto three pieces. One could typeset this brochure as two pages with three columns each, that you get a booklet (or something similar) with correct page order after foldingonce could make six pages and impose them.In the simplest case you impose four A5 pages * Printing address labels on both sides of an A4 sheet, eight labels per sheet.

In a print shop it could be that you've to place 64 inner pages of a book on one printing sheet. For private use you could want to zigzag-fold an A4 sheet as a brochure that fits nicely general, imposition is accessed in a business envelope. You could make two pages with three columns eachConTeXt using {{cmd|setuparranging}}, or you could make six pages from the command line as follows (mkiv and impose themmkii, respectively):<pre>context --pdfarrange=...texexec --pdfarrange=...</pre>

==Imposition schemas== ===Default schemas===

* XY : one sheet with x rows and y columns, you can control the number with [[{{cmd:setuppaper|\setuppaper]]}}[nx=...,ny=...,dx=...,dy=...]

\unprotectsetuppapersize[A7][A4,landscape]\setuppaper[nx=4, ny=2] % New must come before \setuparranging!\setuplayout[page ][location=middle, marking=on]\setuparranging [XY]</texcode> ===Testing schemas=== Here's a convenient test file to help choose a schema or write a new one:(Note that background=screen is deprecated in MKIV and should be replaced by something like background=color,backgroundcolor=lightgray.) <context source=yes>\setuppapersize[A9, landscape][A7, landscape]  % the schema being tested\setuparranging [2*4]  % text describing the schema being tested, to print on the pages\def\Style{[2*4]} % Visuals\setupbodyfont[ss,10pt] \setuplayout [margin=0pt, width=fit, header=2.8ex, footer=2.8ex] \setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer]\setupheadertexts[\CONTEXT\ imposition scheme 3SIDE by Willi Egger 2003-07-21test]

\installpagearrangement 3SIDEshowframe {\dosetuparrangement{3}{1}{6}{4}{2}% \pusharrangedpageTHREESIDE\poparrangedpagesAB\relax}setupbackgrounds [text][text][background=screen,backgroundscreen=0.7]

\def\pusharrangedpageTHREESIDE#1% Willi's approach {\doglobal\increment\arrangedpageN \reportarrangedpage\arrangedpageN \ifcase\arrangedpageN \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageA % 1 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageA % 2 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}020\arrangedpageA % 3 \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}000\arrangedpageB % 4setupcolors [state=start] \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}010\arrangedpageB % 5Where the block of pages is placed on the sheet \or \handlearrangedpageXandY{#1}020\arrangedpageB % 6 \poparrangedpages(Not relevant in this example, but relevant if there is space left over.) \fi}setuplayout [location=middle,marking=on]

\protectstartbuffer[Fakepage]</texcode> \strutYou can use this code simply in your environment file. The other schemas are in <tt> \blank \midaligned{\Style} \vfill \midaligned{This is page-imp.tex</tt>.\recurselevel} \vfill\stopbuffer

Use it like this:<texcode>\starttext \definepapersize [filius][width=92mm, height=172mm]dorecurse{16}{\setuppapersize [filius]getbuffer[A4,landscapeFakepage]\setuparranging [3SIDE]page}\setuplayout [location=middle, alternative=singlesided, grid=no, marking=on, leftmargin=10mm, leftmargindistance=0mm, topspace=2mm, header=4mm, footer=0mm, width=77mm, height=166mm]stoptext</texcodecontext>

ConTeXt is also handy when you need to '''rearrange an existing pdf''' into a booklet. This is a trial-and-error solution by Mari for rearranging an A4 pdf file into 2*8 spreads on A3 sheet (-> A6 pages when printed and cut). The texexec.tex file that was created by the first tries with <tt>texexec --pdfarrange</tt> (which didn't seem to have enough options) was a great help while working towards this solution.

For proofing one sometimes wants to pick just some pages and when the original is A5, it is kind of handy to put them side-by-side for proofing. The command {{cmd|filterpages}} allows you to define exactly what pages are needed. Be warned, though, that the page numbers refer to the pages in the pdf file, not the page numbers.  <texcode>\setuppapersize[A5][A4] %individual page A5 size, print size A4\setuparranging[2SIDE,rotated] %2 pages side by side, rotated to landscape to fit portrait A4\setuplayout [backspace=0pt, topspace=0pt, width=Testing schemasmiddle, height=middle, location=middle, header=0pt, footer=0pt]\setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \starttext \filterpages [file.pdf][2,5,16:19][width=0pt] %picks pdf pages 2, 5, and 16-19. \stoptext</texcode> For more information, see the article on [[Including pages from PDF documents]]. === Custom imposition schema=== You can create a new imposition schema to meet your needs. To do so, take a look at the imposition definitions stored in <code>page-imp.mkiv</code> and find the closest one to work with. You can access the file online: https://source.contextgarden.net/?search=%5C%5Cdef%5C%5Csetuparranging Let's say we want this page arrangement on one sheet (R = page upside down): <pre>P4 P1R3 R2</pre> This is a mirrored/reversed version of {{cmd|setuparranging}}<code>[1*4]</code>, which gives:

<texcodecontext source=yes>\setupbodyfont[ss,10pt]\setuppapersize [A7][A4] \setuparranging [2*2*4,doublesided] %% the schema you want to test\setuppagenumbering [alternative=doublesided,location=footer]\setuplayout [margin=0pt,width=fit] \setupbackgrounds [text][text][background=screen,backgroundscreen=0Adapted from page-imp.7] \setupcolors [state=start] \setuplayout [location=middle,marking=on]\setuptolerance [tolerant] mkiv

\definstallpagearrangement 1*4*reversed {\Styledosetuparrangement{[2*}{2*}{4}{3}{3}% X,Y,Total,hcutmarks,doublesided]vcutmarks \pusharrangedpageFOURSINGLESIDEDFOLDEDREVERSED\poparrangedpagesTWO\relax}

\startbuffersetuppapersize [FakepageA10][A8] \strutsetuparranging [1*4*reversed] \blank \midaligned{\Style} \vfill \midaligned{This is page \recurselevel} \vfill\stopbuffersetuplayout [margin=0pt, width=fit]

\setupheadertexts[\CONTEXT\ imposition test document]showframe

% \showframe\dorecurse{164}{\getbuffer[Fakepage]vbox to \textheight{\vfill\midaligned{\tfd ABC}\vfill}\page} \stoptext</texcodecontext>

ConTeXt also allows to place cut marks. This can be controlled using the <tt>marking</tt> option of [[{{cmd:setuplayout|\setuplayout]]}}; possible values are:

Note that some features (e.g. table of contentcontents, internal references) are always disabled in imposition mode. So, they will not be included in the pdf if you ask for imposition.

When you use imposition to print a booklet you want to put something on the very last page, the <code>quadruple</code> pagebreak did not always fill the remaining pages untill until you get a quadruple number of pages.