Page Layout ⇒ Page starts too low on paper

[rplantz]

My page starts too low on the paper.

I am using the geometry package to specify page size:

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\usepackage[dvips=false,pdftex=false,vtex=false]{geometry}
\geometry{
      paperwidth=7.44in,paperheight=9.69in,
      includeall=true,twoside=true,centering=true,
      textwidth=5.1in,marginparwidth=1.0in,
      top=0.25in,height=9.19in
}

and the crop package so I can print on letter paper:

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\usepackage[cam,letter,center]{crop}

My text is properly centered right-to-left, but the top starts about 1.5" from the top of the paper. Thus the bottom of the text spills off the paper. What is my mistake?

My system is Ubuntu 10.10.

[frabjous]

How actually are you compiling if you're not using dvips, pdftex or vtex?

[rplantz]

How actually are you compiling if you're not using dvips, pdftex or vtex?

I copied the code from the crop manual incorrectly. It should be

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\usepackage[cam,letter,center,dvips]{crop}

However, this did not fix my problem. I have tried many things. For example,

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\usepackage[paperwidth=7.44in,paperheight=9.68in,
            textwidth=4.9in,marginparwidth=1.0in,
            top=1.0in,bottom=1.0in]{geometry}

produces the same problem. (Yes, the margins are different here, but the too low on page issue is the same.)

[frabjous]

So you're compiling with LaTeX, then running through dvips, then ps2pdf?

Have you checked the intermediate dvi and ps files to see if they're OK?

[rplantz]

So you're compiling with LaTeX, then running through dvips, then ps2pdf?

Actually, I was looking at the .ps file.

Have you checked the intermediate dvi and ps files to see if they're OK?

Aha!! The .dvi file was fine, so this showed that the problem was with dvips. I added -O 0,-1.0in to the argument list and all is fine. My command is

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dvips -t letter -0,-1.0in -z book.dvi

Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction.

[localghost]

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Thorsten