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Posted to fop-users@xmlgraphics.apache.org by Daniela Würthinger <da...@fh-hagenberg.at> on 2003/05/30 09:53:33 UTC

Re: How to define PDF properties, e.g. Crop Marks

Hi thank you for yours information,
recently another fop-user told me, that it is possible to print Crop Marks
(?Trim Marks?) with FOP?
how can I do that?
daniela

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List:     fop-user
Subject:  Re: PDF properties two more questions
From:     "Rodolfo M. Raya" <rodolfo () heartsome ! net>
Date:     2003-05-20 17:15:51
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On Tue, 2003-05-20 at 13:27, Daniela Würthinger wrote:

>  - Can FOP produce PDF including trim marks?

Yes, you can print crop marks with  FOP.




----- Original Message -----
From: "J.Pietschmann" <j3...@yahoo.de>
To: <fo...@xml.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:43 PM
Subject: Re: How to define PDF properties?


> Daniela Würthinger wrote:
> > I want to control the following PDF-properties.
> > Can I find any help on the web?
>
> If you want to dive into technical matters, check ou the
> specs:
> PDF
>
http://partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/docs/filefmtspecs/PDFReferen
ce.pdf
> XSLFO
> http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl/
>
>  > - Making a Trim or a Bleedbox ?
>
> If you mean "communicating the values to the processing machinery",
> then no, I don't think you can put them into PDF.
>
>  > - Defining resolution, color-system and compression ?
>
> PDF doesn't realy use the concept of resolution, even for
> embedded bitmaps. In XSLFO this is some sort of implementation
> defined (in the sense of mapping px units).
> PDF can use a multitude of color systems for both PDF colors
> and embedded bitmaps. The specifics are in the spec. XSLFO
> uses a subset.
> Compression is not a typographical concept. You can apply
> a variety of compression algorithms to PDF streams and embedded
> objects, the details depend on the type of the PDF object. XSLFO
> has no such concept, its entirely out of scope of the spec.
>
> J.Pietschmann
>
>
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Re: How to define PDF properties, e.g. Crop Marks

Posted by Jeremias Maerki <de...@greenmail.ch>.
As I said in a follow-up to Rodolfo's mail: You can use painting
instructions offered by SVG or table-cell borders. Bu there's no direct
function in FOP to simply enable crop marks.

On 30.05.2003 09:53:33 Daniela Würthinger wrote:
> Hi thank you for yours information,
> recently another fop-user told me, that it is possible to print Crop Marks
> (?Trim Marks?) with FOP?
> how can I do that?


Jeremias Maerki


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Re: How to define PDF properties, e.g. Crop Marks

Posted by "Rodolfo M. Raya" <ro...@heartsome.net>.
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 04:53, Daniela Würthinger wrote:

> Hi thank you for yours information,
> recently another fop-user told me, that it is possible to print Crop Marks
> (?Trim Marks?) with FOP?
> how can I do that?
> daniela

Hi,

Use the attached XSL-FO file as an example.

Hope this helps,
Rodolfo