From: Christiaan H. <cmh...@gm...> - 2008-12-05 02:04:28
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The media box by definition /is/ the size of the page. However what you see in Skim may be /smaller/ than actual the size of the page, because by default Skim displays the crop box. You can control this from the PDF menu. Again, printing only takes the media box into account and ignores all the other information. Christiaan On 5 Dec 2008, at 2:24 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: > Is it possible then that the media box is larger than the page, or > that it looks like their algorithm is adding margins to that media > box, to explain the shrinking that occurs for a normal Pdf? > -----Original Message----- > From: Christiaan Hofman <cmh...@gm...> > > Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 02:20:17 > To: For general discussion about using Skim<ski...@li... > > > Subject: Re: [Skim-app-users] auto scale issue > > > Printing uses the media box for the PDF, it does not care (or even > know) anything at all about the "content" of the page. > > Also, for your information, printing is completely inside the realm of > Apple's mostly private code. > > Christiaan > > On 5 Dec 2008, at 2:07 AM, Ivan Werning wrote: > >> When printing a PDF file if I hit the "scale each page to fit paper", >> it seems to shrink the image even if everything is originally well >> inside the paper (indeed, it does this even when there are 2 inches >> of >> margin or more on all sides). >> >> This seems especially odd. And symptomatic of what I really care >> about >> which I describe next: >> >> If I crop the file using CMD-K then do the same I can get it to grow >> the PDF image within the page, but less than I would want. >> >> Does anyone understand what the algorithm or objective of "Scale each >> page to fit paper" is? I would like to be able to use it and have it >> not shrink something that already fits, and have it expand something >> that is cropped much more. >> >> Is there any way to change this default behavior? >> >> By the way, I'm aware that this is an issue that is not specific to >> Skim (it does the same in Prevew) and must be a PDFkit feature or >> OS X >> setting, etc. Still I thought this list was my best shot at someone >> having the knowhow have the know-how and interest in this. >> >> Thanks >> >> -Ivan >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, >> Nevada. >> The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to >> help >> pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Skim-app-users mailing list >> Ski...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, > Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to > help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > Ski...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, > Nevada. > The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to > help > pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > Ski...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users |