Producing PDFs to non-standard page sizes

[John Hodgson]

Sue

Thanks! I've tried most of these: setting the \pageheight and \pagewidth and
adding extra PaperOptions in the book.cls file and calling them in my own
.cls file

I've also tried fiddling with the -l flag in DVIPSONE, but I think the one I
need to change is the -l flag in DVIWINDO but that only accepts certain
values, none being appropriate in this case

Adjusting the page size in the printer setup in DVIWINDO before printing
doesn't seem to have any effect either

It seems as though Distiller ignores any settings for page sizes if there is
a page size in the PS .ps file it is processing, and lets that page size
override its own job options settings

Best wishes

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Support for users of Y&Y's TeX system [mailto:YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE]
On Behalf Of LMS journals
Sent: 10 June 2004 16:49
To: YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE
Subject: Re: Producing PDFs to non-standard page sizes

My understanding is that you have to set up \paperheight (and/or
\textheight) and \paperwidth in your style file; otherwise Latex will
default to either letter paper or A4.  Would it help to set up a "custom"
size paper in your general printer setup, so that you have that as an
option?

I work on a non-standard size, but the system was set up for me before I
took it on -- I understand, though, that this is how it was done -- there
are certainly things like "\paperheight{49\baselineskip}" in my class file).
For printing to file, I have to specify letter paper (chosen from the
"advanced" printer options in dviwindo) with an added top margin of 2" (-y
142 in the DVIPSONE command line).  This actually centers it beautifully on
the A4 paper that I use, so I suspect the whole thing may be some sort of
"bodge" -- so I'd be interested to hear if and how you solve the problem!

But I reckon the basic steps are to
1. make sure your latex is generating the size you want 2. use printer
options to select paper size 3. use the command line to put it where you
want on the page.
4. set up a page of appropriate size in distiller.

All the best

Sue


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Support for users of Y&Y's TeX system
> [mailto:YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE] On Behalf Of John Hodgson
> Sent: 10 June 2004 14:37
> To: YANDYTEX at LISTS.UCC.IE
> Subject: Producing PDFs to non-standard page sizes
>
>
> Hi everyone
>
> I am trying to produce a PDF of a book to a non-standard page size
> (though it is a standard book size) The publishers we are working for
> require that the PDF has a logical page size of 216x138 mm. Try as I
> might I haven't been able to produce a .PS file with this page size,
> and Acrobat Distiller doesn't/won't/can't override the page size when
> producing the PDF. We've tried cropping the page size in Acrobat,
> which works when you view the PDF in Acrobat, but apparently the
> underlying page size remains in the PDF file and gives the printers
> (ie the firm who are printing the book) impossible problems when
> trying to send the book to plate. I've tried messing with the -l flag
> in DVIPSONE with no success.
>
> Has anyone run up against this problem and know what the solution is?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> John Hodgson
>
> PS I'm a listserv newbie and apologise for any contravention of
> listserv etiquette!!
>