[XeTeX] paper size

[William Adams]

On Aug 26, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Stephen Moye wrote:

> I tried your example and found that:
>
>      \setstocksize{9in}{6in}
>
> worked perfectly, whereas none of the others did. My assumption is
> that memoir takes complete control of setting that page size.

See the memoir manual.

You need to do something along these lines:

\setstocksize{846bp}{648bp}
\settrimmedsize{10.75in}{8in}{*}
\settrims{36bp}{36bp}
\settypeblocksize{600bp}{480bp}{*}
\setcolsepandrule{18bp}{0pt}
\setulmargins{111bp}{*}{*}
\setlrmargins{36bp}{*}{*}
\setheaderspaces{*}{54bp}{*}
\setheadfoot{18bp}{21bp}
\setmarginnotes{1bp}{1bp}{1bp}
\checkandfixthelayout

You might also enjoy adding something like this:

\usepackage{calc}
\newcounter{hours}\newcounter{minutes}
\newcommand{\printtime}{\setcounter{hours}{\time/60}%
	\setcounter{minutes}{\time-\value{hours}*60}%
	\thehours:\theminutes}
\renewcommand{\tmarktl}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(-36,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,12){\line(0,1){24}}
     \put(3,27){\ttfamily\fontsize{8bp}{10bp}\selectfont\jobname\ \  
\today\ \ \printtime\ \ Page \thepage}
   \end{picture}}}
\renewcommand{\tmarktm}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(-24,24){\line(1,0){48}}
     \put(0,12){\line(0,1){24}}
     \put(0,24){\oval(12,12)}
   \end{picture}}}
\renewcommand{\tmarktr}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(12,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,12){\line(0,1){24}}
   \end{picture}}}
\renewcommand{\tmarkmr}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(12,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(24,-24){\line(0,1){48}}
     \put(24,0){\oval(12,12)}
   \end{picture}}}
\renewcommand{\tmarkbr}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(12,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,-36){\line(0,1){24}}
   \end{picture}}}
\renewcommand{\tmarkbm}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(-24,-24){\line(1,0){48}}
     \put(0,-36){\line(0,1){24}}
     \put(0,-24){\oval(12,12)}
   \end{picture}}}
\renewcommand{\tmarkbl}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(-36,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(0,-36){\line(0,1){24}}
   \end{picture}}}
\renewcommand{\tmarkml}{\registrationColour{%
   \begin{picture}(0,0)
     \setlength{\unitlength}{1bp}\thicklines
     \put(-36,0){\line(1,0){24}}
     \put(-24,-24){\line(0,1){48}}
     \put(-24,0){\oval(12,12)}
   \end{picture}}}
\makeatletter
\renewcommand*{\trimmarks}{\special{papersize=\the\stockwidth,\the 
\stockheight}{%
   \vbox to \z@{\vskip-1in \vskip\trimtop % top of logical page
     \hb at xt@\z@{\hskip-1in
       \ifodd\c at page
         \hskip\stockwidth \hskip-\trimedge \hskip-\paperwidth
       \else
         \if at twoside
           \hskip\trimedge  % left of logical page
         \else
           \hskip\stockwidth \hskip-\trimedge \hskip-\paperwidth
         \fi
       \fi
       \vbox to \paperheight{%
         \let\protect\relax        % <- v1.4 addition
         \hb at xt@\paperwidth{\tmarktl\hfil\tmarktm\hfil\tmarktr}%
         \vfil
         \hb at xt@\paperwidth{\tmarkml\hfil\tmarkmr}%
         \vfil
         \hb at xt@\paperwidth{\tmarkbl\hfil\tmarkbm\hfil\tmarkbr}}%
     \hss}%
   \vss}}
}
\makeatother

which gives one crops and register marks which look pretty much like  
Quark XPress makes.

William

-- 
William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications



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