Stamp/Watermark PDFs

2-tone-joe · 04-30-2008, 10:46 AM

I need to add images to a pdf. I am using pdfTK and it works GREAT!! One problem, I can't control where the image goes. Using stamp or watermark, it places the image in the center and I need it to be moved down some.

Does anyone know of a better way to do what I need to do? I am also filling out some text fields in the pdf as I go. . .

duryodhan · 05-01-2008, 06:52 AM

a cheap hack would be to create a image that is as big as the pdf page , and add the watermark you want at the place you want in it. then use pdftk to add this new image ...

2-tone-joe · 05-06-2008, 02:25 PM

how could I create a pdf?

duryodhan · 05-07-2008, 02:14 AM

pdftk in.pdf background back.pdf output out.pdf

the back.pdf can be easily created in gimp ... or you could just do a print command on the image and save it as a image

2-tone-joe · 05-07-2008, 01:20 PM

creating a larger image still doesn't really help as I need to automate this and always position the watermark/stamp towards the bottom. . . there is a ton of software out there to do this manually, but I can't find one way to do this from the command line . . .