RE: [xep-support] BleedBox & xep-pdf-bleed extension

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From: owner-xep-support@renderx.com
[mailto:owner-xep-support@renderx.com] On Behalf Of G. Ken Holman
Sent: 07 December 2009 13:21
To: xep-support@renderx.com
Subject: Re: [xep-support] BleedBox & xep-pdf-bleed extension

At 2009-12-07 12:44 +0000, mike.kelly@thomsonreuters.com wrote:
>I am looking for a way to add bleeds to a document, I have an SVG image
>that I need to overlap the main page(within the region-start &
>region-end) into the BleedBox to allow my output to be trimmed without
a
>gap between the image and the edge of the trimmed page. I have looked
at
>the xep-pdf-bleed, xep-pdf-bleed-mark-width extensions, but this isn't
>having the desired effect, I BleedBox is defined but I can't get the
>contents to overlap. Is there a way to use this extension to achieve
the
>results I am after? If not are there any plans to extend this
>functionality in the near future to allow this?

Graphic bleeds can be supported without extensions simply by
oversizing the page edges and positioning absolutely-positioned block
containers across the cut edges.

For example, if you have a different bleed for each chapter, and each
chapter is in a page-sequence, then in the static content include an
appropriately-positioned block container and put your graphic in that
container such that it sits over top of the cut edge location.

I hope this helps.

. . . . . . . . . . Ken

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Hi Ken,
Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately Print Provider is using
pre-flight software that requires the BleedBox to be correctly set in
the PDF. I currently have a work-around in place where I have oversized
the page including the bleed image and am then setting the bleed
afterwards using Acrobat Pro, which works but isn't a fully automated
solution.
Cheers,
Mike
P.S. Your definitive XSL-FO book is really good, really helped me with
my current project. Thanks
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