Hans, Thanks again for the new code. I tried it in my document with my stationary, but it did not work. When I create a new test document with the code you suggested, all pages have VERY ODD in the upper left corner. Kind regards, Robert h h extern wrote:

\definelayer[test][doublesided=yes,state=repeat]

\setupbackgrounds[page][background=test]

\setlayer[test][left] []{VERY ODD} \setlayer[test][right][]{VERY EVEN}

\starttext

test \page test \page test \page test \page test \page test \page

\stoptext

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