[Tex/LaTex] How to specify a very long page

geometrypaper-size

I want a long page length, and even though the PDF output shows the long page, I can only get text placed on a portion of it. I used code from this question about repeating a long block of text until it fills a page, and added the geometry package along with the adjustments for the width and height that I want. But, this does not fill up the page as I want. This is not a problem with the code in the above example, as I am seeing similar behavior in my own files: the page looks long, but has a lot of blank space and things get moved to the next page.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=10px,right=10px,top=10px,bottom=10px]{geometry}
\setlength{\paperwidth}{8.0in}
\setlength{\paperheight}{33.0in}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\newsavebox\widgetbox
\begin{document}

\setbox\widgetbox\vbox
  {\vspace*{6pt}\noindent Type of Widget: \dotfill \break
  Observations: \dotfill \break
  \null\dotfill\par}

\lipsum[1]

\cleaders\copy\widgetbox\vskip0pt plus 1fill
\end{document}

Also, any idea why the lipsum text is getting cut of on the right? I would have though that LaTeX would have adjusted for the narrower text?

Best Answer

You can solve both problems by using the paperwidth and paperheight options geometry provides instead of setting the values "manually" with \setlength:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=10px,right=10px,top=10px,bottom=10px,paperwidth=8in,paperheight=33in]{geometry}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\newsavebox\widgetbox
\begin{document}

\setbox\widgetbox\vbox
  {\vspace*{6pt}\noindent Type of Widget: \dotfill \break
  Observations: \dotfill \break
  \null\dotfill\par}

\lipsum[1]

\cleaders\copy\widgetbox\vskip0pt plus 1fill
\end{document}
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