Set margin without advancing to new page

[michaelrsweet]

Version: 1.9-feature Original reporter:

BACKGROUND We have a program that stamps the top of the first page of a PDF file. This requires that the first page has at least a three inch margin. To accomplish this I place the following in the HTML file before anything else is written:

The second and subsequent pages need to have an inch top margin. To do this, I place the following at the end of first page:

PROBLEM Our HTML files are generated. I don't always know when the first page will end. Issuing the MEDIA TOP command sets the margin and advances to the next page. It would be nice to issue the command without advancing to the next page, but still have the margins changed on the next page. Maybe adding an option to the MEDIA commands would work: