Transparency is all done in the printer driver and some are better than others. Try to print as image.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 4:45 PM Subject: [iText-questions] Watermark printout doesn't look good > I use stamper.getOverContent(i) to add text watermark to PDF document. It > looks great on screen - with the watermark letters showing transparency. But > when I print it out on laser jet printer, the non stroke part of the letters > is all blank, doesn't show transparent effect like the screen does. I tried to > set different values with the following mothods, but it still didn't turn out > the transparent effect. What should I do to get the transparent effect on > printer? > > > PdfGState gstate = new PdfGState(); > gstate.setFillOpacity(0.5f); > gstate.setStrokeOpacity(0.1f); > gstate.setOverPrintNonStroking(false); > gstate.setOverPrintStroking(true); > > > Thanks, > Paul > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
