color/overprint
Demonstrate overprint controls using CMYK and DeviceN colors or blend modes.
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/*
* Overprint colors:
* - demonstrate the difference between CMYK output with/without overprinting
* - blendmode=darken as device-independent alternative to overprinting
* - DeviceN is never affected by overprint settings
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
* Required data: font file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.color;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class overprint
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "overprint.pdf";
String title = "Overprint colors";
pdflib p = null;
int font, gstate, devicen;
double x=50, y=700, width=150, height=75, fontsize=9;
String optlist;
int exitcode = 0;
try {
p = new pdflib();
p.set_option("searchpath={" + searchpath + "}");
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
p.set_option("errorpolicy=return");
if (p.begin_document(outfile, "") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title);
/* The transparency group colorspace is important for Overprint
* Preview on the screen.
*/
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.width height=a4.height transparencygroup={colorspace=devicecmyk}");
font = p.load_font("NotoSerif-Regular", "unicode", "");
if (font == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.setfont(font, 11);
/* ********************************************************
* Yellow and Cyan in CMYK color space without overprinting
*/
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={cmyk 1 0 0 0}");
p.rect(x, y, width, height);
p.fill();
optlist = "overprintfill=false";
gstate = p.create_gstate(optlist);
p.save();
p.set_gstate(gstate);
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={cmyk 0 0 1 0}");
p.rect(x+width/2, y+height/2, width, height);
p.fill();
p.restore();
p.fit_textline("CMYK colors without overprinting: " + optlist,
x, y-2*fontsize, "fillcolor=black");
/* ********************************************************
* Overprint Yellow and Cyan in CMYK color space: this is
* device-dependent; it requires "Overprint Preview" enabled in
* Acrobat.
*/
y -= 2*height;
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={cmyk 1 0 0 0}");
p.rect(x, y, width, height);
p.fill();
optlist = "overprintfill=true overprintmode=1";
gstate = p.create_gstate(optlist);
p.save();
p.set_gstate(gstate);
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={cmyk 0 0 1 0}");
p.rect(x+width/2, y+height/2, width, height);
p.fill();
p.restore();
p.fit_textline("Device-dependent overprinting: " + optlist,
x, y-2*fontsize, "fillcolor=black");
/* ********************************************************
* Achieve device-independent overprinting effect with Yellow and
* Cyan in CMYK color space with blend mode "Darken".
*/
y -= 2*height;
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={cmyk 1 0 0 0}");
p.rect(x, y, width, height);
p.fill();
optlist = "blendmode=darken";
gstate = p.create_gstate(optlist);
p.save();
p.set_gstate(gstate);
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={cmyk 0 0 1 0}");
p.rect(x+width/2, y+height/2, width, height);
p.fill();
p.restore();
p.fit_textline("Device-independent overprinting effect with blend mode: " + optlist,
x, y-2*fontsize, "fillcolor=black");
/* ********************************************************
* Overprint Yellow and Cyan in DeviceN color space: overprint
* settings don't have any effect.
*/
y -= 2*height;
devicen = p.create_devicen(
"names={Cyan Yellow} alternate=devicecmyk transform={{0 0 3 1 roll}} errorpolicy=exception");
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={devicen " + devicen + " 1 0}");
p.rect(x, y, width, height);
p.fill();
gstate = p.create_gstate("overprintfill=true overprintmode=1");
p.save();
p.set_gstate(gstate);
p.set_graphics_option("fillcolor={devicen " + devicen + " 0 1}");
p.rect(x+width/2, y+height/2, width, height);
p.fill();
p.restore();
p.fit_textline("DeviceN colors (Cyan+Yellow): always unaffected by overprint settings",
x, y-2*fontsize, "fillcolor=black");
p.end_page_ext("");
p.end_document("");
} catch (PDFlibException e){
System.err.println("PDFlib exception occurred:");
System.err.println("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
": " + e.get_errmsg());
exitcode = 1;
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e.toString());
exitcode = 1;
} finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
System.exit(exitcode);
}
}
}