Page Layout ⇒ blank page before first page

[alain]

Hi,

I want to have a 2 pages letter with no margin and a 2 columns designed.
Here is my code:

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\documentclass[a4paper]{letter}

% import needed package to extend possibilities
\usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{layout}
\usepackage{luacode}

\usepackage[a4paper,total={210mm,297mm},left=0mm,right=0mm,top=0mm,bottom=0mm]{geometry}
\setlength{\headsep}{15mm}


\begin{document}
\layout

\colorbox{gray!20}
{\begin{minipage}[t][297mm]{6cm}
    page 1
\end{minipage}
}
hello

\colorbox{gray!20}
{\begin{minipage}[t][297mm]{6cm}
    page 2
\end{minipage}
}
\end{document}

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For unknown reason, when I generate PDF file i get 3 pages as the first page is full blank.
I do not know why.

any idea ?
thx

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Alain,

the boxes are too high. When you look into the .log file, you will see the warning "Overfull \vbox (1.34pt too high) has occurred" which means that the vertical box is too big to fit. Since it doesn't fit the page, it is moved to the next page. That's why you see an empty page first.

I think I would use TikZ to draw as an overlay in the background. If you are still looking for a solution, I can try to make some example code you can use.

Stefan