\documentclass{article} % version = 4.04 of businesscard.tex 2017 Apr 18 % 2017 Apr 18, 4.04: adjust card upwards slightly to avoid bottom cutoff % -10.50in to -10.40in % 2012 Apr 29, 4.03: rename from homecard.tex back to businesscard.tex % 2012 Apr 29, 4.02: rename from businesscard.tex to homecard.tex % 2009 Nov 27, 4.01: multiput the cards now % 2009 Nov 26, 4.00: revamp completely using pstricks, geometry packages % 2009 Nov 26, 3.16: ?? - can't solve positioning exactly % 2009 Nov 26, 3.15: adjust to fit Staples(R) brand business cards % 2009 Nov 26, 3.15: adjust to fit standard Tex installation on Mac % 2006 Aug 01, 3.14: adjust topmargin to fit A4 paper % 2006 May 14, 3.13: clean up % 2006 May 14, 3.12: test limits of page - 5 per page works! % 2006 May 14, 3.11: proper order of pstricks call % 2006 May 13, 3.10: drop pstcol package, it's old! % 2006 May 13, 3.09: switch from the color to the pstcol package % 2006 May 13, 3.08: new command verticalcards determines number of cards % 2006 May 12, 3.07: more documentation % 2006 May 12, 3.06: cleanup % 2006 May 12, 3.05: rename from workcard.tex to businesscard.tex % 2006 May 12, 3.04: brush up % 2005 Dec 31, 3.03: functional % This is a LaTeX file for creating a business card. % You just supply a 'guts.tex' file and it makes a set of 10 copies % per page that you can cut out. I print it on plain paper and % although the cards are not stiff, people accept them anyway! The % advantage is that one can always print more, one can change them % quickly and they don't cost much. % This revised version uses standard spacing and so can be printed on % pre-perferated card stock paper. % Two variables, xadjust and yadjust can be set to position the cards % exactly onto card stock. Print on regular paper, With a bright % light compare to the stock and measure the change in cm required to % determine the adjustments. Be sure that the papers are aligned at % the feeding edge since they can be slightly different sizes. % This may not be true anymore: % With the initial values, businesscard.tex works for both letter and % a4 paper, giving 5 cards vertically and 2 horizontally. % This file reads a file called 'guts.tex'. % Use \\ between lines of the guts. % You can use pstricks graphics. % % Example name with date: % Tom Schneider \ldots \ldots \ldots \ldots 2005 Sep 7 \\ % (Note: \dotfill might work nicely, I haven't tried it yet.) % % Example to input a file: % \input workurl.tex % % Example vertical space, move down: % \vspace{3pt} \\ % % Example vertical space, move up: % \vspace{-3pt} \\ % % Example graphic: % \rotatebox{0}{\scalebox{0.60}{\includegraphics*{something.eps}}} % % source: % % http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms/latex.html#businesscard % % Dr. Thomas D. Schneider % National Institutes of Health % schneidt@mail.nih.gov % toms@alum.mit.edu (permanent) % http://alum.mit.edu/www/toms (permanent) % NOTES % Note: I have inserted '\usepackage{pst-node}' which allows you to % use the powerful PSTricks. If you don't have this package on your % computer you will have to install it. % A4 will have to be redone. % Thanks to Bill Purvis (bil@beeb.net, http://bil.members.beeb.net) % for help with setting up A4 paper the first time ... % ****************************************************************************** % PAGE LAYOUT % Cards are 3.5x2 inches. % The Letter size paper is 8.5x11. % Together these can be used to precisely lay out 10 cards as follows. % Horizontal Card Layout: % | edge | card 1 | card 2 | edge | % | 0.75in | 3.5in | 3.5in | 0.75in | = 8.5 wide % Vertical Card Layout: % ------------------ top of paper % 0.5 inch space % ------------------ top of card 5 % 2.0 inch card 5 % ------------------ top of card 4 % 2.0 inch card 4 % ------------------ top of card 3 % 2.0 inch card 3 % ------------------ top of card 2 % 2.0 inch card 2 % ------------------ top of card 1 % 2.0 inch card 1 % ------------------ bottom of card 1 % 0.5 inch space % ------------------ bottom of paper % http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Page_Layout % \usepackage[top=tlength, bottom=blength, left=llength, right=rlength]{geometry} % the 0000 fails to be exactly aligned on the page! % View the page in Adobe Acrobat with command R to get a ruler. % The ruler doesn't match exactly ... \usepackage[margin=0.0in]{geometry} % ****************************************************************************** % Set up pstricks % http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/doc/pstnews1-14.pdf % or section 3.4 in % http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/graphics/pstricks/README \usepackage{pstricks} % allows using PSTricks \usepackage{pst-node} % nodes in pst \usepackage{graphics} % \usepackage{color} % see above - it's loaded by pstricks. % ****************************************************************************** % Adjust exact lower left corner for your printer \newcommand{\xadjust}{0.0cm} % \newcommand{\yadjust}{0.3cm} \newcommand{\yadjust}{0.25cm} \pagestyle{empty} % removes page numbers % ****************************************************************************** %\multirput*[refpoint]{angle}(x0,y0)(x1,y1){int}{stuff } \begin{document} \noindent \setlength{\unitlength}{1in} % \rput[bl]{0}(0.75in,-10.50in){% global set of lower left corner} \rput[bl]{0}(0.75in,-10.40in){% global set of lower left corner: 2017apr18 reset} \rput[bl]{0}(\xadjust,\yadjust){% % show the psgrid to see where the cards will be placed %\psgrid[subgriddiv=1,xunit=3.5in,yunit=2.0in]% % (0,0)(-20,-20)(20,20) % provide a grid from PSTricks \multirput[bl](0,0)(3.5in,0.0in){2}{% \multirput[bl](0,0)(0.0in,2.0in){5}{% \makebox(3.5,2.0){% x,y size of box, inches \shortstack[l]{% \input{guts.tex}% use \\ to separate lines in guts }% }% }% }% }% } \end{document} % \psgrid(0,0)(-20,-20)(20,20) % provide a grid from PSTricks % \psgrid[subgriddiv=1,unit=1in](0,0)(-20,-20)(20,20) %provide a grid from PSTricks % The basic syntax for the Latex picture environment is. % \begin{picture}(width,height)(x-offset,y-offset) % x-offset of 1 moves LEFT 1 inch! % y-offset of 1 moves DOWN 1 inch! % % \begin{picture}(8.5,11)(0.0,0.3937) % revised for 5 vertical per page % 5 cards vertical per page % \begin{picture}(8.5,11)(-0.20,+0.50) % \begin{picture}(8.5,11)(-0.20,+0.58) % ok for home too low for work \begin{picture}(8.5,11)(-0.20,+0.50) % ok for home \thicklines % 2 is the number of cards horizontally %\vspace{10.0in}\hspace{0in}% start at lower left point % \multiput(0,0)(3.7,0.0){2}{ % horizontal (x) motion % revise for minimalist gap between cards 3.5" + gap: % \multiput(0,0)(3.54,0.0){2}{ % horizontal (x) motion % 2009 Nov 26: no gap: \multiput(0,0)(3.50,0.0){2}{ % horizontal (x) motion % numbers for 4 per page: % \multiput(0,0)(0.0,2.15625){\verticalcards}{ % vertical (y) motion % numbers for 5 per page: % \multiput(0,0)(0.0,2.1){\verticalcards}{ % vertical (y) motion % % revise for minimalist gap between cards, 2.0"+gap: % \multiput(0,0)(0.0,2.04){\verticalcards}{ % vertical (y) motion % 2009 Nov 26: no gap: \multiput(0,0)(0.0,2.00){\verticalcards}{ % vertical (y) motion % \framebox(3.5,2){ % x,y size of box, inches \makebox(3.5,2){ % x,y size of box, inches \shortstack[l]{ \input{guts.tex} } % end shortstack } % end makebox % } % end framebox } % end multiput } % end multiput \end{picture} \end{document}