[pdftex] draftcopy

[Peter Cholak]

Outstanding!!

Would it be possible to also overlay in the top or bottem margin {Printed: 
\today}?

I used to use dvips to do this.

Thanks in advance.

-peter

On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Martin Schroeder wrote:

> On 2002-01-24 18:08:16 -0500, Peter Cholak wrote:
> > Is there anyway to get the functionality of the package draftcopy using
> > pdflatex?  (Draftcopy uses postscript to watermark each page with "draft"  
> > or other words.)
> 
> This can all be done with the help of eso-pic, color and graphicx:
> --------------------
> \documentclass{article}
> \usepackage{eso-pic}
> \usepackage{graphicx}
> \usepackage{color}
> \usepackage{type1cm}
> 
> \makeatletter
>   \AddToShipoutPicture{%
>     \setlength{\@tempdimb}{.5\paperwidth}%
>     \setlength{\@tempdimc}{.5\paperheight}%
>     \setlength{\unitlength}{1pt}%
>     \put(\strip at pt\@tempdimb,\strip at pt\@tempdimc){%
>       \makebox(0,0){\rotatebox{45}{\textcolor[gray]{0.75}{\fontsize{5cm}{5cm}\selectfont{Draft}}}}
>     }
> }
> \makeatother
> 
> \begin{document}
> Text
> \end{document}
> --------------------
> 
> Now if somebody would please update the draftcopy package... :-)
> 
> Best regards
>         Martin
> 

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	      Peter Cholak <Peter.Cholak.1 at nd.edu>
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