SECTION 10.10
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Prepress Support
TABLE 10.46 Entries in a box color information dictionary
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
CropBox
dictionary
(Optional)
A box style dictionary (see Table 10.47) specifying the visual characteris-
tics for displaying guidelines for the page’s crop box. This entry is ignored if no crop
box is defined in the page object.
(Optional)
A box style dictionary (see Table 10.47) specifying the visual characteris-
tics for displaying guidelines for the page’s bleed box. This entry is ignored if no
bleed box is defined in the page object.
(Optional)
A box style dictionary (see Table 10.47) specifying the visual characteris-
tics for displaying guidelines for the page’s trim box. This entry is ignored if no trim
box is defined in the page object.
(Optional)
A box style dictionary (see Table 10.47) specifying the visual characteris-
tics for displaying guidelines for the page’s art box. This entry is ignored if no art
box is defined in the page object.
BleedBox
dictionary
TrimBox
dictionary
ArtBox
dictionary
TABLE 10.47 Entries in a box style dictionary
KEY
TYPE
VALUE
C
array
(Optional)
An array of three numbers in the range 0.0 to 1.0, representing the com-
ponents in the
DeviceRGB
color space of the color to be used for displaying the
guidelines. Default value:
[ 0.0 0.0 0.0 ]
.
(Optional)
The guideline width in default user space units. Default value: 1.
(Optional)
The guideline style:
S
D
W
S
number
name
(Solid) A solid rectangle.
(Dashed) A dashed rectangle. The dash pattern is specified by the
D
entry
(see below).
Other guideline styles may be defined in the future. Default value:
S
.
D
array
(Optional)
A
dash array
defining a pattern of dashes and gaps to be used in drawing
dashed guidelines (guideline style
D
above). The dash array is specified in default
user space units, in the same format as in the line dash pattern parameter of the
graphics state (see “Line Dash Pattern” on page 217). The dash phase is not speci-
fied and is assumed to be 0. For example, a
D
entry of
[ 3 2 ]
specifies guidelines
drawn with 3-point dashes alternating with 2-point gaps. Default value:
[ 3 ]
.