arts-pdf crackerjack 5.1 User Manual

 

 

 

The offsets may allow some or all of the PDF page to be moved off the media. 
These offset changes are reflected in both the Preview window and in the 

PostScript output. If Printer’s Marks are selected, they will also be moved 
accordingly. 

 

•  Image to page 

 

Occasionally, the repositioning capability provided above is still insufficient for the 

application. An example of this is trying to reposition data for the printing of right 
and left pages with center binding or hole punching. The ability to move just the 
imageable data while not altering the page position on the media is required. 

Unlike PostScript, PDF pages allow for this type of manipulation, and ARTS PDF 
Crackerjack supports this. This Image Area to Page offset option allows for the 

repositioning of the imageable area with respect to the PDF page. The offsets 
may allow some or all of the data to be moved off the page. The offset changes 

are reflected in the both the Preview window and in the PostScript output. 

 

Note: If Printer’s Marks are selected, they will not be affected by “Image to page” offsets. 
  

 
Scaling increases or decreases the size of the PDF page. The initial ARTS PDF 

Crackerjack default for scaling is 100%. For the purposes of scaling, the origin is the 
center of the PDF page. Scaling is applied to the PDF page before offsets. Based on 

these two factors, it is recommended that one consider the offsets as moving the center 
of the PDF page or imageable area to the new location. Either Scale to Fit or 

Horizontal/Vertical Scaling may be applied at any one time, but not both simultaneously. 
The changes implied by scaling are reflected in the Preview window and in any ARTS PDF 
Crackerjack generated PostScript file. 

 

•  Horizontal/Vertical 

 

You may select independent horizontal and vertical scaling factors to be applied 

to the PDF pages. Input is limited to eight characters including the decimal 
separator. Even though four digits may be entered to the right of the decimal 

separator, only the three most significant are retained. With the maximum and 
minimum page sizes allowed in PDF, this provides ample room to scale the 
PostScript output to exceedingly large or small formats. Large output might have 

to be tiled due to media size restrictions on the output device. 

 

•  Scale to fit 

 

Selecting this option provides three choices for scaling. “Shrink or expand” means 
that the page will automatically be scaled either up or down to fit the currently 

selected media size. “Shrink only” will cause the page to be scaled down only if it 
is necessary to fit a media size that is smaller than the PDF page. “Expand only” 
will cause the page to be scaled up only if it is necessary to fit a media size that 

is larger than the PDF page. Regardless of scaling method, the perspective of the 
original PDF page is always maintained, that is, horizontal and vertical 

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