[eps] : Imposition of EPS Pages

The EPS Imposition of EPS Pages token can be used to generate simple imposed layouts from generated diaries (for more details, see the EPS Folder topic). The structure of the EPS token is :

[eps:X:Y]

where

X	The number of the current EPS page position in the sequence of pages that make out a repeating imposition layout. For example, if an imposition layout consisted of 32 pages, then the values of X would always range from 1 to 32.
Y	The total number of EPS pages in the current repeating imposition layout. For example, if an imposition layout consisted of 32 pages, then the value of Y would always be 32.

The screenshot below shows a simple layout with 8 EPS pages per one-sided sheet :

Note that the tokens will work even if the layout extends over more than 1 page. In that case, for example 32 EPS pages distributed ove 4 sides (2 sheets), all the tokens ranging from [eps:1:32] to [eps:32:32] would be placed wherever desired on one of the four pages of the layout template. The number of pages of the layout is not indicated, as Q++ knows it automatically from having scanned the layout as a GridTemplate.

So, in this example, whenever Q++ encountered the token [eps:1:32], it would check the page number of the current output file and divide that by the number of Quark pages in the layout to get the number of times the layout had been repeated and multiply that by 32. For example, if Q++ encountered the token [eps:1:32] on page 13, then it would calculate that there had been 3 complete 4-page layouts before, containing 3x32 EPS pages, and therefore that the token [eps:1:32] on page 13 corresponded to the EPS page 97 (1 + 3x32).

Note that the DayValue of the [eps] token is ignored by Q++, as the important running htread is the page number (which means that such layouts must always start on pages 1; there cannot be any Front Pages).

Topic 177220 updated on 09-Jan-05
Topic URL: http://www.qppsupport.net/webhelp/index.html?epsimpositionofepspage.htm