color/overprint
Demonstrate overprint controls using CMYK and DeviceN colors or blend modes.
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<?php
/*
* 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
*/
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3) . "/input";
$title = "Overprint colors";
$x = 50;
$y = 700;
$width = 150;
$height = 75;
$fontsize = 9;
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("", "") == 0)
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 == 0)
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("");
$buf = $p->get_buffer();
$len = strlen($buf);
header("Content-type: application/pdf");
header("Content-Length: $len");
header("Content-Disposition: inline; filename=overprint.pdf");
print $buf;
}
catch (PDFlibException $e) {
echo ("PDFlib exception occurred:\n" . "[" . $e->get_errnum() . "] " .
$e->get_apiname() . ": " . $e->get_errmsg() . "\n");
exit(1);
}
catch (Throwable $e) {
echo ("PHP exception occurred: " . $e->getMessage() . "\n");
exit(1);
}
$p = 0;
?>