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Thanks for the reply. It is interesting the kind of things when using Context or for that matter any typesetting system. I thought I chose the letter size for my layout and I am printing it on a letter size paper. Also, the PDF shows green everywhere. Hence, getting the color on whole page should be easy. From your responses, it seems it is not possible because of the way printers are designed. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 7:22 AM, John Devereux wrote: > Hans Hagen writes: > > > Curiouslearn wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I created the attached PDF file using ConTeXt. As you can see I have a > green > >> background, which covers the whole page. However, when I took it to the > >> printer today and he printed two copies for me, there was some white > space > >> left at four ends. The amount of space above, below, to the left and to > the > >> right was different. Here is my preamble. Can you suggest what I can do > so > >> that the whole page has the chosen green background color. > > > > -- print on larger paper and cut off the edges > > -- make your layout a bit smaller and cut off the edges > > Or > > -- get them to print it on light green paper? :) > > > -- > > John Devereux > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > --000e0cd6aedca0b6270467c86618 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow! Thanks for the reply. It is interesting the kind of things when using = Context or for that matter any typesetting system. I thought I chose the le= tter size for my layout and I am printing it on a letter size paper. Also, = the PDF shows green everywhere. Hence, getting the color on whole page shou= ld be easy. From your responses, it seems it is not possible because of the= way printers are designed.



On Fri, Apr 17= , 2009 at 7:22 AM, John Devereux <john@devereux.me.uk> wrote:
Hans Hagen <pragma@wx= s.nl> writes:

> Curiouslearn wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I created the attached PDF file using ConTeXt. As you can see I ha= ve a green
>> background, which covers the whole page. However, when I took it t= o the
>> printer today and he printed two copies for me, there was some whi= te space
>> left at four ends. The amount of space above, below, to the left a= nd to the
>> right was different. Here is my preamble. Can you suggest what I c= an do so
>> that the whole page has the chosen green background color.
>
> -- print on larger paper and cut off the edges
> -- make your layout a bit smaller and cut off the edges

Or

=A0-- get them to print it on light green paper? :)


--

John Devereux
__________________________________= _________________________________________________
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