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Callas PDFtoolbox action - overlay?
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:06 pm
by wolle
I need to put incoming PDF's on a sheet with very specific marks on it, and I thought I could do it with Overlay.
But Overlay takes a PDF and places on top of the incoming PDF - I need it to be the other way around!
Anyone know how I can do this? Maybe by using the CLI Parameters?
Thanks
Callas PDFtoolbox action - overlay?
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:34 pm
by mattbeals
You need to lay an incoming job onto a static PDF? Would it not work to lay the static marks onto the incoming job? With pdfToolbox 5 Server, don't remember with 4 Server, you can specify to put the overlay underneath the existing job.
I suppose you could try an execute command:
--overlay --voffset=0mm --hoffset=0mm "C:Program Filescallas pdfToolbox Server 5clivarActionsOverlayDICT_OverlayConfidential.pdf" "%1" "%2"
I don't have the command line available here but this should get you in the right direction.
Callas PDFtoolbox action - overlay?
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:25 am
by wolle
No, I cant put the marks on the incoming job. A better explanation of what I'm trying to do, is that I need to put different size covers centered on a sheet of a fixed size (larger than the biggest cover). This will ease the lamination process.
If I use the CLI-option in PowerSwitch, I override the other parameters for the element?
Your example of an execute command won't work in the CLI parameter will it? As I read the pop-up help I need to put ";" between the parameters in the CLI statement, right?
Callas PDFtoolbox action - overlay?
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:41 am
by mattbeals
This should work:
--overlay --voffset=0mm --hoffset=0mm "C:Program Filescallas pdfToolbox Server 5clivarActionsOverlayDICT_OverlayWatermark.pdf" "%1"
Here, at least if my thinking is correct after a night in Las Vegas, I am laying "%1" (the incoming job) onto the watermark.pdf. If not then swap the overlay.pdf and "%1".
Here I am simply using the execute command function and not the callas configurator. The callas configurator has an option to put the art below or above the job art.