Re: [NTG-context] pdf printing

13 Apr 2003


      At 10:34 10/04/2003 -0500, Bill McClain wrote:
...
On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:21:42 -0600
Idris S Hamid  wrote:
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Aside: Maybe there is way to make a single cover in ConTeXt instead of
combining three pdfs in Acrobat (which is a pain). I'd be happy to
learn:-)
I can't help with distiller, but I create my covers in ConTeXt by making
three pdf documents and combining them like so:
\useexternalfigure[back][cover-back][type=pdf]
\useexternalfigure[spine][cover-spine][type=pdf]
\useexternalfigure[front][cover-front][type=pdf]
\definepapersize[Cover][height=7.75in, width=10.625in]
\setuppapersize[Cover][Cover]
\setuplayout[topspace=0in, header=0in, footer=0in]
\setuplayout[backspace=0in]
\starttext
\hbox to 10.625in{%
{\externalfigure[back]}%
{\externalfigure[spine]}%
{\externalfigure[front]}%
}
\stoptext
The dimensions depend on the book, of course.
fyi:

   \setuplayout[page]

will give you the full page, as will:

\startTEXpage

\stopTEXpage

saves some keying

Hans


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