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    Posted: 17 Aug 06 at 11:24PM

I am attempting to embed a water mark in existing PDF files using QuickPDF ...

I am using the SetTransparency function so that the existing text on the image will show though this text I am using as a watermark.

I have the text appearing as I would like and in preview all seems OK. But when I attempt to print the PDF file to a printer .. I get an error message stating that the file can not be printed.

If I Rem out the SetTransparency code .. it prints with no problem. I have tried everything I know to get this to work with no luck.

Has anyone experienced this problem and if so .. share the solution ???

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ingo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 Aug 06 at 1:58AM
Hi Ricky!

It's not possible for me to try it now but ...
Perhaps it's better to create a new layer first, select these layer and then create the watermark? For optonally later removing it's better, too?

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I found another post by you that expains how to do this ...

I will try and let you know the outcome.

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No matter what I try ... I continue to get the error message when attempting to print the PDF:

The document could not be printed.

I have placed the watermark text on a new layer. If I REM out the line with the SetTransparency() function ... it will print.

I thought that maybe I could move the layer below the existing layer .. but it appears that the existing layer is blocking the new layer. Is it possible that the existing layer has a white backgound and would then block the viewing of the new layer when set to be under it ??? The orginial image is a scanned Tiff that has ben converted to a PDF ....

Thanks for any help that can be provided ...



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Well ... I found a work around ...

I ending up creating an image with the needed watermark. Then I inserted the new image as a new layer.

I could then set the Transparency of this newly inserted image. I have no clue as to why the SetTranparency() function works correctly with the image and not the inserted text ...

Anyway .. it appears this will work for what I need.

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Hi Ricky,

just done a short test here and I can draw a text on a page (a scanned document page) with transparency and print it.
Can you show the code you are using? And does this error appear with every pdf you are marking?

greetings,
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