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Cropmarks Element
The <Cropmarks> element specifies the characteristics of crop marks and whether they appear in the PDF output. It’s optional and may be used once.
The <Cropmarks> element has no child elements.
The <Cropmarks> element has the following attributes:
Attributes of Cropmarks
Attribute and values
Description
enabled = yes | no
Specifies whether to display crop marks in the output. The default is yes.
pageDims = absolute | increment
When set to absolute, uses the values set by pageWidth and pageHeight for the output page dimension. When set to increment, pageWidth and pageHeight are added to the input page dimension to get the output page dimension. The default is increment.
pageWidth = CDATA
Specify an integer as the output page width in points; used as input for pageDims to determine the page dimension. The default is 144, which is the equivalent of 2 inches.
pageHeight = CDATA
Specify an integer as the output page height in points; used as input for pageDims to determine the page dimension. The default is 144, which is the equivalent of 2 inches.
gap = CDATA
Specify an integer as the distance in points from the corners of content to each crop mark. The default is 4.
thickness = CDATA
Specify an integer as the rule thickness in points for the crop mark. Decimal values are allowed. The default is .25.
length = CDATA
Specify an integer as the size in points for the length of the crop mark. The default is 36.
placement = center | upperLeft | upperRight | lowerLeft | lowerRight | useOffsets
Specifies where the page content is placed. Specifying useOffsets positions the upper left corner of the contents xOffset points down from top of page and yOffset points from the left. The default is center, which centers the content on the page.
xOffset = CDATA
Specifies the vertical distance in points for placing the upper left corner of content. This value is ignored unless placement = useOffsets.
yOffset = CDATA
Specifies the horizontal distance in points for placing the upper left corner of content. This value is ignored unless placement = useOffsets.