PDF Watermark for printing only, programmatically

Question

I can watermark any PDF already, and the images inside, everything ok, but now I need the watermark only showing up when the PDF is printed... Is this possible? How?

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Answer 1

Specifically, using itextsharp, I was able to get it working with the following, specifically - pdf version 1.7, and SetPrint("Watermark",true)

        string oldfile = @"c:\temp\oldfile.pdf";
        string newFile = @"c:\temp\newfile.pdf";
        PdfReader pdfReaderS = new PdfReader(oldfile);
        Document document = new Document(pdfReaderS.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1));
        PdfWriter pdfWriterD = PdfWriter.GetInstance(document, new FileStream(newFile, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write));
        pdfWriterD.SetPdfVersion(PdfWriter.PDF_VERSION_1_7);
        document.Open();
        PdfContentByte pdfContentByteD = pdfWriterD.DirectContent;

        BaseFont bf = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);

        int n = pdfReaderS.NumberOfPages;

        string text = "UNCONTROLLED";

        for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++)
        {
            iTextSharp.text.Rectangle pageSizeS = pdfReaderS.GetPageSizeWithRotation(i);
            float pageWidth = pageSizeS.Width / 2;
            float pageheight = pageSizeS.Height / 2;

            document.SetPageSize(pageSizeS);
            document.NewPage();
            PdfImportedPage pdfImportedPage = pdfWriterD.GetImportedPage(pdfReaderS, i);

            PdfLayer layer1 = new PdfLayer("Watermark", pdfWriterD);
            layer1.SetPrint("Watermark", true);
            layer1.View = false;
            layer1.On = false;
            layer1.OnPanel = false;

            pdfContentByteD.BeginLayer(layer1);
            pdfContentByteD.SetColorFill(BaseColor.RED);
            pdfContentByteD.SetFontAndSize(bf, 30);

            ColumnText.ShowTextAligned(pdfContentByteD, Element.ALIGN_CENTER, new Phrase(text), 300, 700, 0);
            pdfContentByteD.EndLayer();

            pdfContentByteD.AddTemplate(pdfImportedPage, 0, 0);//, 0, 1, 0, 0);

        }
        document.Close();
        pdfReaderS.Close();