RE: [xep-support] confused about prepress extensions

I have figured out that I can set negative values for the bleed marker, such
as <?xep-pdf-bleed -0.5in?>. This will move the bleed marker to a spot that
I want it, but all the content that is supposed to be beyond the bleed line
no longer gets rendered? This is contrary to what I would expect?

Please note below, in the original email I wrote "<?xep-pdf-bleed-mark-width
0.5pt ?> when I meant to say "<?xep-pdf-bleed 0.5in?>

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com [mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com]
On Behalf Of Jerry Janofsky
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:56 PM
To: xep-support@renderx.com
Subject: [xep-support] confused about prepress extensions

I apologize if this is obvious to most people, but I am new to the print
world and I am just catching on (I think) to words like, "crop" & "bleed".

Here's my confusion:

I designed a book for print using XSL-FO. I am using XEP to convert it to
PDF. The size of the document that is generated is 1 inch greater, in both
width and height, then the document will be after it is trimmed (1/2 inch on
each side). I designed in "bleed" that extends into the 1/2 inch trim area.

I want marks placed 1/2 inch from each corner so the print man knows where
to trim the document (I'm not sure if this is "crop mark" or a "bleed
mark").

I thought I could use <?xep-pdf-crop-offset 0.5in ?> or
<?xep-pdf-bleed-mark-width 0.5pt ?>, however, these keep causing my document
to get larger instead of being placed on the existing document.

I obviously misunderstand something. Can someone explain?

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Received on Fri Oct 13 06:14:13 2006