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Posted to users@pdfbox.apache.org by Carmen Johnson <ca...@brodnax21c.com> on 2023/01/03 22:03:48 UTC

Identifying crop marks & bleeds

We are a printer and I have an application that uses loads of PDFs from our clients.
I would like to programmatically examine the PDFs to verify that the client has added crop marks & bleed.
I've poked around in the API documentation and I'm guessing that IF there is a Trim Box and the dimensions are larger than the Art box, that be my clue?
What classes would I use to figure this out? What classes contain Trim and Art box methods?

Any recommendations are appreciated...

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Re: Identifying crop marks & bleeds

Posted by Tilman Hausherr <TH...@t-online.de>.

Hi,

The PDPage class gives this information with the getTrimBox() and 
getArtBox() methods. There is also getCropBox() and getBleedBox(). (But 
I don't know if this solves your problem, I only use the cropbox and the 
mediabox, but I'm not a printer)

Tilman

On 03.01.2023 23:03, Carmen Johnson wrote:
>
> We are a printer and I have an application that uses loads of PDFs 
> from our clients.
> I would like to programmatically examine the PDFs to verify that the 
> client has added crop marks & bleed.
>
> I’ve poked around in the API documentation and I’m guessing that IF 
> there is a Trim Box and the dimensions are larger than the Art box, 
> that be my clue?
>
> What classes would I use to figure this out? What classes contain Trim 
> and Art box methods?
>
> Any recommendations are appreciated…
>
> *Carmen Johnson**
> *Sr. Applications Developer*
> *737 Regal Row*
> *Dallas, TX 75247*
> *C. 817.832.8670*
> *O. 214.528.2622**
>
> <http://www.brodnax21c.com/>
>
> /Follow us on social 
> media/<https://www.facebook.com/brodnax21c><https://instagram.com/brodnax21c><https://www.linkedin.com/company/brodnax21c>
>
> /Go to link below for all your Promotional product needs!//
> //http://promoplace.com/BrodnaxPromo/ <http://promoplace.com/BrodnaxPromo>
>