Creating a document with no borders or margins

Question

I want to create a small flyer. It should be folded once and have four pages in total. Also, I need a special geometry.

So far, I am trying to achieve that using minipages. Here is my MWE:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[landscape, paperwidth=15cm, paperheight=30cm, left=0mm, top=0mm, bottom=0mm, right=0mm, margin=0mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}

\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\begin{document}
    \pagestyle{empty}%
    \colorbox{blue!50}{\begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.5\paperwidth}
        FRONT COVER
    \end{minipage}}%
    \colorbox{green!50}{\begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.5\paperwidth}
        BACK COVER
    \end{minipage}}%
    \clearpage
    \colorbox{red!50}{\begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.489\paperwidth}
        INSIDE LEFT
    \end{minipage}}%
    \colorbox{black!50}{\begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.489\paperwidth}
        INSIDE RIGHT
    \end{minipage}}

\end{document}

Now I have several problems with that.

The color boxes do not align with the page borders. Instead, there is a small white margin above of the color boxes.
On the first page (front/back cover), these white margins are not even of the same size.
On the second page (inside left/right), the boxes do not align with the right page border, either.

Clearly, using minipages is either not the right way to create such a flyer, or I misunderstood how this should be working (or both). It is important that everything aligns well for the later folding. Any help is appreciated.

For 3, change 0.489\paperwidth to 0.5\paperwidth at both places. — , Mar 05 '15 at 14:21
Did you check these ? http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/16355/creating-flyers-in-latex — percusse, Mar 05 '15 at 14:41
Yes, I checked leaflet, but it seems that this restricts you to two foldmarks / six pages. Otherwise, that would be exactly what I want - only with one foldmark and two pages. — Jenny, Mar 05 '15 at 15:22

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 05 '15 at 16:30

Here is one try with tabulars.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[landscape, paperwidth=15cm, paperheight=30cm, margin=0mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[table]{xcolor}

\begin{document}
    \pagestyle{empty}%
    \noindent
    \begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}
    \cellcolor{blue!50}%
    \begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.5\paperwidth}%
        FRONT COVER
    \end{minipage}%
    \end{tabular}%
    \begin{tabular}{@{}c@{}}
    \cellcolor{green!50}%
    \begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.5\paperwidth}%
        BACK COVER
    \end{minipage}%
    \end{tabular}%
    \clearpage
    \noindent
    \begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
    \cellcolor{red!50}%
    \begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.5\paperwidth}%
        INSIDE LEFT
    \end{minipage}%
    \end{tabular}%
    \begin{tabular}{@{}l@{}}
    \cellcolor{black!50}%
    \begin{minipage}[t][\paperheight][t]{0.5\paperwidth}%
       INSIDE RIGHT
    \end{minipage}%
    \end{tabular}%
\end{document}

enter image description here

Some how Inside right and Back cover start after some space. — , Mar 05 '15 at 16:30

erik · Answer 2 · 2015-03-05T14:51:19.330

You can position things absolutely on a page using tikz, and placing the text in a node of defined width should do the trick.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[paperwidth=30cm, paperheight=15cm, left=0mm, top=0mm, bottom=0mm, right=0mm, margin=0mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{positioning}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\setlength{\fboxsep}{0pt}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}

\begin{document}
\pagestyle{empty}%
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \fill[blue!50] (current page.south west) rectangle (current page.north);
    \fill[green!50] (current page.south east) rectangle (current page.north);
    \node[below right,align=left,text width=0.49\paperwidth] at (current page.north west){FRONT COVER

    \lipsum[1-4]};
    \node[below right,align=left,text width=0.49\paperwidth] at (current page.north){BACK COVER};
\end{tikzpicture}
\clearpage
\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
    \fill[red!50] (current page.south west) rectangle (current page.north);
    \fill[black!50] (current page.south east) rectangle (current page.north);
    \node[below right,align=left,text width=0.49\paperwidth] at (current page.north west){FRONT COVER};
    \node[below right,align=left,text width=0.49\paperwidth] at (current page.north){BACK COVER

    \lipsum[5-8]};
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

enter image description here

Probably I did not explain correctly; my concern is that the minipages are just not aligned with the page margins. Using tikz and placing the minipages on top does not help me with that. — Jenny, Mar 05 '15 at 14:34
@Jenny So you want the text to be at the very edge of the page? — erik, Mar 05 '15 at 14:36
Yes, exactly. It's not about the text or the background, more about the concept how I get exactly all the space. — Jenny, Mar 05 '15 at 14:47

Creating a document with no borders or margins

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