* Crop marks and Lightning Source
@ 2003-09-10 23:09 John Culleton
2003-09-10 23:33 ` Erik George Hetzner
2003-09-11 8:48 ` Patrick Gundlach
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From: John Culleton @ 2003-09-10 23:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
A popular POD printer in the USA called LIghtning Source wants the
finished page to be centered on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper in the pdf
file submitted to them. This can be done with \definepapersze and
\setuppapersize. However this technique shows cropmarks and
Lighting Source specifies "no crop marks."
Question 1: How do I eliminate cropmarks yet still have the smaller page
centered on the larger page?
Second, my customer pointed out to me that on my finished pdf the
cropmarks do not exactly delineate the specific size (in this case 5.5 x
8.5 inches.) On my laser printer they define a space about 1/32 inch
shorter than the nominal dimension in both vertical and horizontal
directions. This is about 2 or 3 points.
Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparently imprecise?
All hints appreciated, as always.
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* Crop marks and Lightning Source
2003-09-10 23:09 Crop marks and Lightning Source John Culleton
@ 2003-09-10 23:33 ` Erik George Hetzner
2003-09-11 18:59 ` John Culleton
2003-09-11 8:48 ` Patrick Gundlach
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From: Erik George Hetzner @ 2003-09-10 23:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
John Culleton writes: [cropped to save space]
> Question 1: How do I eliminate cropmarks yet still have the smaller page
> centered on the larger page?
> Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparently imprecise?
First question: \setuplayout[marking=no] or is it marking=off? One of
the two.
Second question: I have no idea. One possible thing which has arisen for
me many times: assuming you are printing from Acrobat, are your
print settings set to either enlarge or shrink pages? This is
something I know I have gotten wrong more than once.
Regards,
Erik Hetzner
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* Re: Crop marks and Lightning Source
2003-09-10 23:09 Crop marks and Lightning Source John Culleton
2003-09-10 23:33 ` Erik George Hetzner
@ 2003-09-11 8:48 ` Patrick Gundlach
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From: Patrick Gundlach @ 2003-09-11 8:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
> Question 1: How do I eliminate cropmarks yet still have the smaller page
> centered on the larger page?
\setuplayout[marking=on,location=middle]
> Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparently imprecise?
Don't know, this is a good question. It is not very much, but it is
strange indeed.
Patrick
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* Re: Crop marks and Lightning Source
2003-09-10 23:33 ` Erik George Hetzner
@ 2003-09-11 18:59 ` John Culleton
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From: John Culleton @ 2003-09-11 18:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 19:33, Erik George Hetzner wrote:
> John Culleton writes: [cropped to save space]
>
> > Question 1: How do I eliminate cropmarks yet still have the
> > smaller page centered on the larger page?
> > Question 2. Why are the cropmarks apparently imprecise?
>
> First question: \setuplayout[marking=no] or is it marking=off? One of
> the two.
>
Correct. sometmes I forget what I did :-(
> Second question: I have no idea.
I ran tests with Context pdftex and plain TeX using a 6 inch horizontal
rule and no other typography. They all came up about 3/64 inch short.
In the plain TeX sample I used dvips and printed from the PS file.
So it appears my printer shrinks a file by about 1% or thereabouts. My
customer's printer must do the same. It is not a Context problem nor an
Acrobat Reader problem.
TFYH
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