How to specify a very long page?

Question

I want a long page length, and even though the PDF output shows the long page, I can only get text placed on a portion of it. I used code from this question about repeating a long block of text until it fills a page, and added the geometry package along with the adjustments for the width and height that I want. But, this does not fill up the page as I want. This is not a problem with the code in the above example, as I am seeing similar behavior in my own files: the page looks long, but has a lot of blank space and things get moved to the next page.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=10px,right=10px,top=10px,bottom=10px]{geometry}
\setlength{\paperwidth}{8.0in}
\setlength{\paperheight}{33.0in}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\newsavebox\widgetbox
\begin{document}

\setbox\widgetbox\vbox
  {\vspace*{6pt}\noindent Type of Widget: \dotfill \break
  Observations: \dotfill \break
  \null\dotfill\par}

\lipsum[1]

\cleaders\copy\widgetbox\vskip0pt plus 1fill
\end{document}

Also, any idea why the lipsum text is getting cut of on the right? I would have though that LaTeX would have adjusted for the narrower text?

Follow up Questions: How define a fixed width page, but length > some minimum length, but only as long as needed, and Automate Fixed Width Page, length > some minimum length, but only as long as needed. — Peter Grill, Dec 21 '12 at 01:42
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score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '11 at 09:15

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You can solve both problems by using the paperwidth and paperheight options geometry provides instead of setting the values "manually" with \setlength:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[left=10px,right=10px,top=10px,bottom=10px,paperwidth=8in,paperheight=33in]{geometry}

\usepackage{lipsum}
\newsavebox\widgetbox
\begin{document}

\setbox\widgetbox\vbox
  {\vspace*{6pt}\noindent Type of Widget: \dotfill \break
  Observations: \dotfill \break
  \null\dotfill\par}

\lipsum[1]

\cleaders\copy\widgetbox\vskip0pt plus 1fill
\end{document}

answered Apr 21 '11 at 09:15

diabonas

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@diabonas: Why do you use the px unit? It is specific to pdftex and meant for uning it with images – Nov 12 '11 at 14:48
@Herbert I used the same specifications the OP provided in his question. – diabonas Nov 13 '11 at 11:24
@diabonas: Ah sorry, didn't realized that ... then it is a comment to Peter – Nov 13 '11 at 17:24

How to specify a very long page?

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