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On 06.12.2010 22:13:13 joe armstrong wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to understand page layouts in apache fop. I have set a page width > of 21 cm and margin-left + margin-right to 5 cm, so I should get 16 cm of > content. When I process and print on my laser printer and *measure* I get > only 15 cm for the content. > > I set the extent of region-start to 3.0cm but when I measure I get 2.8cm > > I have printed this on a macbook, using the print menu in the > preview program I have set scale to 100% and disable "scale to fit" > > Is this a common problem? Can I expect precise dimensions in the > printed output? > > I'm using apache fop version 1.0 > > My test program is appended. > > If you process and print this on your local printer and them take a ruler > and measure do you get a region-start of exactly 3.0cm? > > Or is my program wrong? > > Cheers > > /Joe Armstrong > > <fo:root xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format";> > <fo:layout-master-set> > <fo:simple-page-master > master-name="odd" > page-height="29.7cm" > page-width="21cm" > margin-top="2.5cm" > margin-bottom="2.5cm" > margin-left="3.0cm" > margin-right="2.0cm"> > > <fo:region-body > background-color="#eeeeee" > region-name="xsl-region-body" > margin-top="0.6in" > margin-bottom="5.0cm" > margin-left="3.5cm" > margin-right="2.5cm"/> > > <fo:region-before > background-color="yellow" > precedence="true" > region-name="xsl-region-before" > extent="1.0cm"/> > > <fo:region-after > background-color="orange" > region-name="xsl-region-after" > extent="1.5cm" > precedence="true"/> > > <fo:region-start > background-color="pink" > region-name="xsl-region-start" > extent="3.0cm"/> > > <fo:region-end > background-color="#efefef" > region-name="xsl-region-end" > extent="2.0cm"/> > > </fo:simple-page-master> > > </fo:layout-master-set> > > <fo:page-sequence master-reference="odd" format="A"> > > <fo:static-content > flow-name="xsl-region-start"> > <fo:block> > Page: <fo:page-number/> > <fo:block>This is region Start, extent=3.0cm</fo:block> > </fo:block> > </fo:static-content> > > <fo:static-content > flow-name="xsl-region-end"> > <fo:block>region end. extent = "2.0cm"<fo:page-number/> > > </fo:block> > </fo:static-content> > > <fo:static-content flow-name="xsl-region-before" > > <fo:block display-align="before">Region before extent=1.0cm > > </fo:block> > </fo:static-content> > > <fo:static-content > flow-name="xsl-region-after" > display-align="after"> > > <fo:block > text-align="center">Page <fo:page-number/> > region-after extent=1.5cm > </fo:block> > > </fo:static-content> > > <fo:flow flow-name="xsl-region-body"> > <fo:block linefeed-treatment="preserve" > white-space-collapse="false" > white-space-treatment="preserve" > > > These are the simple-page-master values > master-name="odd" > page-height="29.7cm" > page-width="21cm" > margin-top="2.5cm" > margin-bottom="2.5cm" > margin-left="3.0cm" > margin-right="2.0cm"> > </fo:block> > <fo:block> > This is xsl-region-body. margin-left="3.5cm" this is 0.5 cm larger than > the extent of region-start. > margin-right= 2.5 cm, ie 0.5 cm larger than the extent of the > thing to the right. Margin-bottom is 5.0cm > </fo:block> > > <fo:list-block provisional-distance-between-starts="0.5in" > provisional-label-separation="0.1in" > space-before.optimum="6pt" > start-indent="0.5in"> > <fo:list-item relative-align="baseline"> > <fo:list-item-label text-align="end" > start-indent="1.0cm" > end-indent="6.0cm"> > <fo:block text-align="justify"> > The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML. > start-indent = 1.0 cm end - indent = 6.0 cm > </fo:block> > </fo:list-item-label> > <fo:list-item-body start-indent="5.0cm" end-indent="1.0cm"> > <fo:block text-align="justify"> > start-indent = 5 cm end-ident=1.0 cm > The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that > is completely described in this document. Its goal is to enable > generic SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web > in the way that is now possible with HTML. > The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a subset of SGML that > is completely described in this document. > </fo:block> > </fo:list-item-body> > </fo:list-item> > </fo:list-block> > > > > </fo:flow> > </fo:page-sequence> > > </fo:root> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org Jeremias Maerki --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: fop-users-unsubscr...@xmlgraphics.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: fop-users-h...@xmlgraphics.apache.org
