Hello all, i'm trying to create a label-sized pdf printout (brother ql 580n, 62mm media endless paper) under debian 2.6.39-bpo.2-686-pae with perl v5.10.1 (*) built for i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi that dynamically adjusts the page height based on content. So far i have 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use PDF::API2;
use PDF::TextBlock;

use constant mm => 25.4 / 72;
use constant in => 1 / 72;
use constant pt => 1;

my ( $paragraph1, $paragraph2) = ('Headertext', 'Testtext zur Ausgabe 
+in einem selbstgebauten PDF mit den richtigen Maßen. Mal sehen, was d
+as gibt! ÄÜÖüäößéèàá');

my $pdf = PDF::API2->new( -file => "./test.pdf" );
my $page = $pdf->page;

$page->mediabox (62/mm, 100/mm);
#$page->cropbox  (2/mm, 4/mm, 60/mm, 92/mm); # printable area

my %font = (
  Helvetica => {
    Bold   => $pdf->corefont( 'Helvetica-Bold',    -encoding => 'latin
+1' ),
  },
  Times => {
    Roman  => $pdf->corefont( 'Times',        -encoding => 'latin1' ),
  },
);

# do some umlaut conversions here .... (snipped)

my $tb = PDF::TextBlock->new({
  pdf => $pdf,
  page => $page,
  fonts => {
    b => PDF::TextBlock::Font->new({
      pdf => $pdf,
      font => $font{'Helvetica'}{'Bold'},
      size => 16/pt,
      fillcolor => '#000000',
    }),
    p => PDF::TextBlock::Font->new({
      pdf => $pdf,
      font => $font{'Times'}{'Roman'},
      size => 14/pt,
      fillcolor => '#000000',
    }),
  },
});

$tb->text(
  "<b>$paragraph1</b>\n\n<p>$paragraph2</p>"
);

# set the start of the paragraph and maxwidth/ height
$tb->x(7/mm);
$tb->y(82/mm);
$tb->w(50/mm);
$tb->h(95/mm);

my ($endw, $ypos) = $tb->apply;

$pdf->save;
$pdf->end;

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All my tries (recalling mediabox, trimbox etc after $tb->apply etc) so far have ended up cropping the top part of the pdf (due to 0.0 origin at bottom left i suppose) or resizing to letter.. However, calculating a cut-off region by doing 
my $cutAt = ($ypos + 20) / 2.45;

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i would like to resize the PDF to the width=62 mm (as defined, doesn't change) and height=$cutAt (e.g. 60mm) FROM THE TOP. I've been trying without success, any ideas on how this can be achieved? Thanks!

In reply to PDF::API2 : re-sizing the mediabox once drawn/ crop pdf to actual content by aegidel

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