Re: [MiKTeX] Weird margins

[Hans F. N. <ha...@mi...>]

On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Wilfred Zegwaard wrote:

> Dear users,
>
> I've got a really weird problem . What happens is the following:
>
> 1. I create a TeX-file with changed margins (using the geometry-package).
> The document is in LANDSCAPE.
> 2. I compile it with LaTeX / TeXify.
> 3. Then I view it with YAP. The margins seem to be OK.
> 4. In the next step I run DVIPS (options: -P pdf -G0, but that doesn't seem
> to be the problem).
> 5. I view it with GSView. Margins seem to be fine.
> 6. Final step: I convert it to PDF with Ghostscript (AFPL). Result: the
> margins are completely wrong. They shift approx. 1.2cm to the right. The
> text is cut off on the right side.

This sounds like a paper size problem. Make sure that ghostscript is using
the same paper size as your latex document. If you always use the same
paper size, edit gs_init.ps (in the lib sub-directory of your
gs-directory). Otherwise use the "-sPAPERSIZE" option.

Hans