Adjusting topspace for letterhead in layer construct

Adjusting topspace for letterhead in layer construct

[jdh]

mtx-context     | current version: 2014.10.18 14:30

I only want about 3 to 5 mm between the physical top of the page and the 
top of the letterhead (in this example, a company's and contact 
information).

In \setlayer I set     y=3mm


The pdf view of the output looks good, but an actual printout (and a 
look at a print preview with a pdf viewer)  of the generated pdf file 
puts the top of the letterhead about 17 mm down from the top edge.  This 
is too much.  I tried adjusting topspace and topdistance to 0 didn't 
seem to have any affect.

I am using theh ConText standalone:  mtx-context   version: 2014.10.18 14:30

Here is a simple minimal exmple:
%
% Start of minimal example

    \setuppapersize[letter][letter]
    \setuppagenumbering[location=footer]

    \setuplayout[
               backspace=31mm,
               header=5mm,
               rightmargin=2cm, leftmargin=2cm ]

    \definelayer
      [Logo]                      % name of the layer we are defining
      [ repeat=yes,
        x=5mm,y=3mm,      % Just what is this?
        hoffset=0mm,voffset=0mm, % and what is this?  ...offset from where?
        width=\paperwidth
      ]

    \setupTABLE[r][1,2,3][height=5mm,frame=off]  % Put letterhead 
information in here.

\starttext

\setlayer[Logo][]
    {
     \bTABLE
              \bTR
               \bTD \eTD \bTD \sc{Company Name}\eTD \bTD 
\sc{info}@\sc{something}.\sc{where} \eTD
              \eTR
              \bTR
                \bTD \eTD \bTD 2059 Forest Ave, Ste X \eTD \bTD 
\sc{www}.\sc{domain}.\sc{topleveldomain} \eTD
              \eTR
              \bTR
             \bTD \eTD \bTD City, Province \eTD \bTD Tel (xxx) 999-1234 \eTD
             \eTR
           \eTABLE
     }
\setupbackgrounds[page][background=Logo]

     ~    % Need `` to avoid a NULL content page so can generate a pdf

\stoptext

%
% End of minimal example

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Re: Adjusting topspace for letterhead in layer construct

[Wolfgang Schuster]

> Am 19.11.2014 um 18:41 schrieb jdh <dhenman@gmail.com>:
> 
> 
> 
> mtx-context     | current version: 2014.10.18 14:30
> 
> I only want about 3 to 5 mm between the physical top of the page and the top of the letterhead (in this example, a company's and contact information).
> 
> In \setlayer I set     y=3mm
> 
> 
> The pdf view of the output looks good, but an actual printout (and a look at a print preview with a pdf viewer)  of the generated pdf file puts the top of the letterhead about 17 mm down from the top edge.  This is too much.  I tried adjusting topspace and topdistance to 0 didn't seem to have any affect.

Check your printer settings, most printers downscale the document when the distance between the text and the margins are too small.

Wolfgang
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