[XeTeX] Synching PDF paper size with typesetting size

[Zdenek Wagner]

2011/11/5 Karljurgen Feuerherm <kfeuerherm at wlu.ca>:
> Yes, thanks, I see. I starting doing something similar earlier today.
>
> It is true, of course, that one may *not* want B5 pdf when the page is
> B5 (say to allow for trim), so forcing the two to be identical wouldn't
> be the thing to do either...
>
\usepackage[b5,cropmarks]{zwpagelayout} will make the page slightly
larger and print the crop marks so that the paper size is B5 after
trimming.

> K
>>>> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at  4:55 PM, in message
> <4EB5A2B1.6060409 at Rhul.Ac.Uk>,
> "Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)" <P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> Karljurgen Feuerherm wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm. Is there not an integrated solution, set one thing to do it
> both
>> places?
>>
>> Well, specifying a given constant in exactly one place
>> is certainly a cornerstone of rigorous and defensive
>> programming, so I for one am all in favour of such
>> solutions.  Here, by way of example, is the preamble
>> of a document on which I am currently working -- you will
>> see that every key dimension is specified in one place
>> and one place only.  I don't pretend for one second that
>> it addresses your particular needs, but it does show that
>> "one constant, one definition" is not difficult to achieve.
>>
>> Philip Taylor
>> --------
>> % !TeX program = xetex
>>
>> \newdimen \innermargin
>> \newdimen \outermargin
>> \newdimen \uppermargin
>> \newdimen \lowermargin
>> \newdimen \cropwidth
>> \newdimen \cropheight
>> \newdimen \cropmark
>> \newdimen \cropmitre
>> \newdimen \Knuthoffset
>>
>> \pdfpagewidth = 210 mm
>> \pdfpageheight = 297mm
>> \cropwidth = 190 mm
>> \cropheight = 250 mm
>> \cropmark = 1 cm
>> \cropmitre = 0.2 cm
>> \innermargin = 1 in
>> \outermargin = 1.5 in
>> \uppermargin = 1 in
>> \lowermargin = 1 in
>> \Knuthoffset = 1 in
>>
>> \def \onehalf {0.5}
>>
>> \hoffset = \pdfpagewidth
>> \advance \hoffset by -\cropwidth
>> \hoffset = \onehalf \hoffset
>> \advance \hoffset by \innermargin
>> \advance \hoffset by -\Knuthoffset
>>
>> \voffset = \pdfpageheight
>> \advance \voffset by -\cropheight
>> \voffset = \onehalf \voffset
>> \advance \voffset by \uppermargin
>> \advance \voffset by -\Knuthoffset
>>
>> \hsize = \cropwidth
>> \advance \hsize by -\innermargin
>> \advance \hsize by -\outermargin
>>
>> \vsize = \cropheight
>> \advance \vsize by -\uppermargin
>> \advance \vsize by -\lowermargin
>>
>> \input cropmarks
>> \topcropmark = \uppermargin plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre
>> \bottomcropmark = \cropheight  plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre
>> \advance \bottomcropmark by -\uppermargin
>> \leftcropmark = \innermargin plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre
>> \rightcropmark = \cropwidth plus \cropmark minus -\cropmitre
>> \advance \rightcropmark by -\innermargin
>>
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