[pdftex] ExtGState and color

[Hans Hagen Outside]

pawcoo wrote:

> It works fine (shape of strokes and overprint) but what about current 
> color? There are parameters which set a colorspace but I haven't found 
> ExtGState parameter which describes current color. Is there any?
>
> In the example above, to invoke defined ExtGState parameters I have to 
> use \pdfliteral anyway. It means that to set a graphic state for the 
> whole document I need to repeat \pdfliteral{/myGS gs ...} for each 
> page in the output routine. Is there any other way to set global 
> graphic state parameters for the whole document including current color?

pdf's pages are independent so you have reinstate it at each shipout 

Hans 
 

-----------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE
              Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands
     tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com
                                             | www.pragma-pod.nl
-----------------------------------------------------------------