This is what I'm trying to do… Please note that the images that will be used in the final version are of slightly uneven size, so that should ideally be taken into account. I've been through the usual suspects and hope someone can help!
Normal pages should look like this:
Pages with a background image (and no text whatsoever) like this:
Close up, notice the crop marks:
I'm using memoir
with showtrims
(custom page size), here's an MWE in just in case…
\documentclass[book,openany,showtrims]{memoir}
% Crop settings via http://latex-my.blogspot.dk/2009/10/setting-page-size -and-margins.html
%% The stock paper size
\setstocksize{236mm}{161mm}
%% The 'real' page size
\settrimmedsize{230mm}{155mm}{*}
%% The stock paper will be trimmed 3mm from the
%% top edge and 3mm from the left edge
\settrims{3mm}{3mm}
%% Spine and trim page margins from main typeblock
\setlrmarginsandblock{20mm}{15mm}{*}
%% Top and bottom page margins from main typeblock
\setulmarginsandblock{20mm}{20mm}{*}
%% Header occupies height of a single line;
%% Bottom edge of footer is 7mm from bottom edge
%% of typeblock
\setheadfoot{\baselineskip}{7mm}
%% Bottom edge of header is 7mm from top edge of
%% typeblock
\setlength\headsep{7mm}
\checkandfixthelayout
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\begin{document}
Bla
\end{document}
Best Answer
Here's a possible solution. The "behind" part of the question is addressed in SNIPLET C.5 (BACKGROUND IMAGE AND TRIMMARKS) of the
memoir
manual:The "beyond" part can be solved using TikZ and its
current page
node. I defined a command\AddBackground
to be placed on those pages where the background should appear (according to a comment to the question, these pages are manually created).The code:
A close-up showing the desired positioning of the background with respect to the crop marks:
Of course, the same principle can be applied with an included image:
And a close-up: