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I have included a watermark (using \usepackage{draftwatermark}) for draft copies of my document, several pages of which are inserted from a PDF. The watermark behaves just fine on most pages – the watermark is obscured by text and inline images, as expected/desired – but on the inserted PDF, the watermark obscures the data.
Is this just due to how Latex inserts PDFs? Is there a way to make the inserted PDF show above the draftwatermark?
Here is an option using the eso-pic package:
\documentclass{scrartcl}% http://ctan.org/pkg/koma-script
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{url}% http://ctan.org/pkg/url
\usepackage{eso-pic}% http://ctan.org/pkg/eso-pic
\AddToShipoutPictureBG{% Add picture to background of every page
\AtPageLowerLeft{%
\raisebox{3\baselineskip}{\makebox[\paperwidth]{\begin{minipage}{21cm}\centering
Draft [Revision 269] 30-06-2012 at 07:41:41
\copyright\ Me, Myself and I \\
\url{http://127.0.0.1:9800/research/chapter1.tex}
\end{minipage}}}%
}
}
\begin{document}
\lipsum
\end{document}
Similar solutions are available using a myriad of packages, including tikz and background, to name two, none of which would affect textual content. That is, they all allow for placement of (random) content in the background or foreground.
You can define a command \watermarkoff that works like the one for the background package, and place it in the page you want to turn off.
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{exam}
\usepackage{draftwatermark}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\SetWatermarkAngle{45}
\SetWatermarkLightness{.8}
\SetWatermarkFontSize{10cm}
\SetWatermarkScale{5}
\SetWatermarkText{\tt{12345}}
\makeatletter
\def\watermarkoff{%
\@sc@wm@stampfalse
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-8]
\watermarkoff
\lipsum[9-12]
\end{document}
Best Answer
I achieved this by replacing this:
With this:
Which I found on a forum post.
Now the words "DRAFT" appear behind the text in inserted PDF pages, so you can properly read the text of the inserted PDF.