From: Erik S. LaBianca (erik@quonic.com)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2003 - 13:36:27 PDT
Nikolai,
Thanks for the quick response. As a test I created a file with some
bleeds in it in indesign and printed it to PDF, and in the PDF viewer
the page appeared to have been made larger as well. I wonder if it
actually the /BleedBox properly...
I think that just making the page size bigger will solve my problems. I
also don't know if the printer will actually be looking for the bleedbox
or not. I'm afraid I'm a complete newbie when it comes to sending PDF's
to a printer.
Do you know off-hand of a preflight tool that can set the bleed box?
I, for one, would be interested in seeing a XEP extension to allow the
/BleedBox, etc. It seems like it would be a useful function for those of
us creating PDF's primarily for printed output. It would be pretty cool
if it could throw in registration too.
Nikolai Grigoriev wrote:
>Eric,
>
>
>
>>Does XEP support pdf page bleeds? I tryed setting my margin
>>to -0.5 and the region thats off the page got clipped by the page.
>>Is there something else that I can do to turn off clipping, or do
>>I just have to mange my pagesize?
>>
>>
>
>There is no support for bleeds in XSL-FO; nor does XEP support it.
>Page size is translated into /MediaBox parameter of the page object;
>moreover, all contents of the page is clipped to the same rectangle.
>
>Right now, the only option is to set page size wide enough to include
>all bleeds, and then postprocess the formatted result with some
>preflight tool to set /BleedBox, /MediaBox, /TrimBox, /CropBox
>and whatever other boxes you desire :-).
>
>We are also pondering a possibility to set this information in the
>XSL-FO file (via a processing instruction). However, the actual
>market demand for this feature is not yet clear for us.
>
>Best regards,
>Nikolai Grigoriev
>RenderX
>
>
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