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color/spot_color

Define and use several spot colors.

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<?php
/*
 * Spot color:
 * Define and use several spot colors
 * 
 * Define and use a PANTONE spot color.
 * Define and use a HKS spot color.
 * Define and use a custom spot color based on alternate CMYK values.
 *
 * Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 10
 * Required data: none
 */

/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
$searchpath = dirname(__FILE__,3)."/input";
$outfile = "";
$title = "Spot Color";

$font;
$spot;
$y = 500; 
$x = 30;

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, "") == 0)
        throw new Exception("Error: " . $p->get_errmsg());

    $p->set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
    $p->set_info("Title", $title);
    
    /* Start the page */
    $p->begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
    
    
    /* ---- Define and use a PANTONE spot color ---- */
    
    /* Define the spot color "PANTONE 281 U" from the builtin color
     * library PANTONE */
    $spot = $p->makespotcolor("PANTONE 281 U");
    
    /* Set the spot color "PANTONE 281 U" with a tint value of 1 (=100%)
     * and output some text */
    $p->setcolor("fill", "spot", $spot, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
   
    $p->fit_textline("PANTONE 281 U spot color with a tint value of 100%",
        $x, $y -= 30, "fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=16");
    
    /* Set the spot color "PANTONE 281 U" with a tint value of 0.5 (=50%)
     * and output some text */
    $p->setcolor("fill", "spot", $spot, 0.5, 0.0, 0.0);
    
    $p->fit_textline("PANTONE 281 U spot color with a tint value of 50%",
        $x, $y -= 30, "fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=16");
    
    
    /* ---- Define and use a HKS spot color ---- */
    
    /* Define the spot color "HKS 39 E" from the builtin color library
     * HKS */
    $spot = $p->makespotcolor("HKS 39 E");
    
    /* Set the spot color "HKS 39 E" with a tint value of 1 (=100%)
     * and output some text */
    $p->setcolor("fill", "spot", $spot, 1.0, 0, 0);
    
    $p->fit_textline("HKS 39 E spot color with a tint value of 100%",
        $x, $y -= 50, "fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=16");
    
    /* Set the spot color "HKS 38 E" with a tint value of 0.7 (=70%)
     * and output some text */
    $p->setcolor("fill", "spot", $spot, 0.7, 0, 0);
    
    $p->fit_textline("HKS 39 E spot color with a tint value of 70%",
        $x, $y -= 30, "fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=16");
    
  
    /* ---- Define and use a custom spot color based on a CMYK ----
     * ---- alternate color                                    ---- */
     
    /* Set a CMYK color used as alternate CMYK color for the spot color */ 
    $p->setcolor("fill", "cmyk", 0, 0.2, 0.9, 0);
    
    /* Define a custom spot color called "CompanyLogo" with the alternate
     * CMYK values set above
     */
    $spot = $p->makespotcolor("CompanyLogo");
    
    /* Now set the spot color "CompanyLogo" with a tint value of 1 and
     * output some text */
    $p->setcolor("fill", "spot", $spot, 1, 0, 0);
    $p->fit_textline("CompanyLogo custom spot color with a tint value of " .
        "100%", $x, $y -= 50, 
        "fontname=NotoSerif-Bold fontsize=16");

    $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=spot_color.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;
?>