Configure Rendition Watermarks

A descriptive name for the watermark profile. The default is the type of watermark.

Select the rendition page size to which this watermark profile will be applied. The sizes that are available are provided by the operating system. If no size or Orientation are set, this watermark profile will be considered as a default watermark profile. It will be applied to all renditions that are created by the current publishing job unless another watermark profile specifies a matching rendition page size.

Select the rendition page orientation to which this watermark profile will be applied. If no orientation or Size are selected, this watermark profile will be considered as a default watermark profile. It will be applied to all renditions that are created by the current publishing job unless another watermark profile specifies a matching rendition page orientation.

Enables the selected watermark type for the current watermark profile. You may also enable and disable watermark types in the watermark profiles list.

This setting must be selected to apply a watermark to a prior revision of a rendition. You also must enable the Watermark prior revision option.

Select Always if the watermark should be applied under all conditions.

Select Property name to make the watermark dependent upon a source document property value.

To select the property:

1. Click Select.

   The Select Property dialog box appears and lists all of the available properties.

2. To filter the list to show only similar property names:

   1. Type the beginning of a property set name or a property name in the filter box.

      The search operator that will be used is Starts With.

   2. Click the search icon .

      The list refreshes to show the results of your filter.

   3. To reset the filter results, clear the filter box and click the icon again.

3. Click the name of the property that you want to use.

4. Click OK.

   The selected name appears as the option value.

To remove the current property:

• Click Clear.

  The property name is removed.

The name of a JavaScript for Acrobat file to calculate the watermark text. Available only for the print stamp watermark type.

Accept the default, which is an example installed by the Meridian Enterprise Server setup program or click Select and follow the instructions in Manage Custom Resources to upload a different file. The script will be executed on the Acrobat Will Print event before the document is printed.

You can modify the example file PrintStamp.js or use it as a template to create variations for other purposes. The example generates text that will be placed in the stamp field named PrintStamp:

var strStampValue = "BC Publisher sample. Printed on " + util.printd(2, new Date());
this.getField("PrintStamp").value = strStampValue;

For more information about JavaScript for Acrobat and the Will Print event, see Perk up PDF documents with JavaScript.

Select to apply the value of the selected property as the watermark text.

Date/time property values are rendered in the local server format.

To select the property, perform the steps listed for the Select command in the preceding option.

Select to apply the specified image as the watermark.

To select an image:

1. Click Select.

   The Resources dialog box appears and lists the custom resources that have already been uploaded to the server.

2. Select an existing image or upload a new image as described in Manage Custom Resources.

The name of an HTML file that defines the text and images to overlay on the rendition. Accept the default, which is an example installed by the Meridian Enterprise Server setup program or click Select to select an existing file or upload a different file as described in Manage Custom Resources.

• This option requires that Microsoft Word be installed on the rendering computer.

• This template is not the same as the template that is described in Create a Signature Page Template, but is created in the same way. If the Paper size option is configured, then the template will be rendered to that size, otherwise the A4 page size will be used.

Enable this option if the watermark text uses non-ANSI characters. The text itself will be rendered to an image that is then placed on the rendition similar to the Use this image file option.

This option requires that Microsoft Word be installed on the rendering computer.

The horizontal alignment of the watermark text relative to the text starting point. Values other than Left are ignored if the Rotation option is not set to the default.

The Right option has no effect if Rotation is greater than 0.

Modes that render the watermark text with special effects:

• Normal: Text characters filled with the selected font color

• Outlined: Text characters outlined in black with no fill

• Normal with a border: Text characters filled with the selected font color and outlined in black

• Invisible: Text with no fill or outline

Type numbers in the text boxes to specify the lower-left corner of the watermark text on the rendition page. The values are relative to the standard coordinate system with the origin in the lower-left corner of the rendition page. For template-generated watermarks, start with no offset (0,0). The page size is specified as described in Create And Edit a Rendering Profile. If no page size is configured, the A4 page size is assumed.

An A4 size page has a width (X) of 595 points and height (Y) of 842 points. One point is equal to 1/72 of an inch.

If the Use this template file or Use this image file options are enabled, the insertion point of these watermarks is the upper-left corner of the watermark as opposed to the origin of the rendition page in the lower-left corner. Therefore, specify the number of points to offset the location from the lower-left corner of the rendition page in the horizontal and vertical directions, respectively.