Bugs item #303, was opened at 2005-03-02 13:30 You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=303&group_id=106 Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Wolfgang Glitzner (wolfgang_gg) Assigned to: Nobody (None) Summary: bug in paper metrics? Initial Comment: Hello there, Texies. Is there a bug in the paper metrics of pdftex or in an involved package? Or just only in the acrobat reader? I produce a pdf doc with pdftex. In particular I use \documentclass[twoside,a5paper]{book} . . . \setlength{\topmargin}{-2.04mm} \setlength{\textheight}{140.15mm} \setlength{\textwidth}{99.1mm} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-8.88mm} \setlength{\evensidemargin}{7.63mm} . . . The Check produces: 1) a dump of \the\paperwidth in the logfile gives 421.10078pt, which is 147.999999999mm. 2) the document properties in the acrobat reader displays 148 x 210 mm 3) invoking printing on my canon i450 opens a window in which the field preview tells Paper: 209.97 x 296.7 mm (I have DINA4 mounted, so far, so good) Document: 147.8 x 209.9 mm 4) DINA5 has exactly 210.22 x 148.65 mm 5) DINA4 has exactly 297.30 x 210.22 mm What width my document really has? 148mm or 147,8mm or 148,65mm ?? There is physically only one! And what I assumed and need is a width of 148,65mm. How to apply? Moreover, gluing 2 pages of my doc together with the pdfpages package works fine. 2 DINA5 onto 1 DINA4. In particular I use \documentclass[twoside,a4paper]{book} However, because a DINA5-page misses approx. 0.65mm, some additional adaption is necessary. However, pdfpages applies a parameter for that action. good luck. The Check produces: 1) a dump of \the\paperheight in the logfile gives 421.10078pt, which is 147.999999999mm. 2) the document properties in the acrobat reader displays 297 x 210mm 3) invoking printing on my canon i450 opens a window in which the field preview tells Paper 209.9 x 296.7mm Document 296.7 x 209.9mm General question: IS THE PAPER-metric FOR DINA5 AND DINA4 CORRECT IN THE APPROPRIATE PACKAGE? Regards Wolfgang Glitzner@gmx.de n.b. 1a) A logged metric of pdfpages compilation which keeps the DINA5 is: 421.10124pt x 597.50829pt which is 148.00015991mm x 210.0001462mm. 1b) A logged metric of pdfpages compilation which keeps the DINA4 is: 597.50787pt x 845.04684pt which is 209.9999986mm x 296.9999963mm 2) Some conversions: 72,27 point (amerikanische) sind 1 inch -- exakt! 1 inch sind 25,4 mm -- exakt! 72,27 point/ 25,4 mm = 2,845 point/mm oder 0,3513 mm/point. dots sind nicht points und schon gar nicht pixel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Taco Hoekwater (taco) Date: 2005-03-02 14:39 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1608 This is a 'bug' in article.cls, not pdftex. I suggest closing this tracker item. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: http://sarovar.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=493&aid=303&group_id=106