Introduction

The PDF Batch Stamp Tool is used to apply text and image stamps to existing PDF documents. The tool makes use of a control file with multi-facetted stamping directives such as text, image, position, dimensions, color and rotation.

It is also possible to merge PDF files with different text stamps using the tool. It is addressed via the command line, whereby individual documents and entire batches can be processed.

Brief Description

Performance Characteristics

• Fully automated stamp application, modification and removal
• Extensive flexibility and individuality
• Easy to control via a control file
• Easy integration
• Simple connection to databases
• High throughput
• Versatile in use

Areas of Use

• Document workflow
• Outgoing mail
• Publishing
• Marketing

Functions

• Stamp different texts to the pages of a PDF document
• Transfer stamp as a text file or to Shell
• Set text position (and)
• Set text rotation
• Set page range (e.g. as of page two)
• Set alpha channel (invisible/visible stamps)
• Background stamping
• Text justification (left, right or centered)
• Set font and font size
• Use image as stamp
• Stamp frame around text
• Set frame color and frame width
• Remove pages from documents
• Set text rendering mode (normal, outline, with margin, invisible)
• Stamp text diagonally across the page
• Set document attributes (author, title, subject, etc.)
• Set text size proportional to page size
• Stamp page numbers
• Apply and remove removable stamps
• Set owner and user passwords
• Set user rights
• Read encrypted files
• Ignore individual rotation per page (optional)
• Set bookmarks per input file
• Use variable stamp text (file name, title, author, bookmark text, current page, total pages)
• Scale pages by factor
• Verbose mode

Sectors

• Software manufacturers / OEM
• IT service providers (e.g. Output Management)
• Public sector
• Energy providers
• Telecommunications
• Banking and insurance
• Pharmaceutical industry

Functions

The PDF Batch Stamp Tool creates all kinds of stamps for PDF documents, for example text stamps, image stamps, logos, invisible stamps and many more. It can also read and create encrypted files. This achieved by applying a removable stamp or removing it during decoding. The use of variable stamp texts is also possible: they consist of information such as file name, title, subject, author, bookmark text, current page or pages in total. Individual bookmarks can also be set for each input file. Setting an alpha channel for invisible or transparent stamps is another option.

Functions

• Stamp different texts to the pages of a PDF document
• Transfer stamp as a text file or to Shell
• Set text position (and)
• Set text rotation
• Set page range (e.g. as of page two)
• Set alpha channel (invisible/visible stamps)
• Background stamping
• Text justification (left, right or centered)
• Set font and font size
• Use image as stamp
• Stamp frame around text
• Set frame color and frame width
• Remove pages from documents
• Set text rendering mode (normal, outline, with margin, invisible)
• Stamp text diagonally across the page
• Set document attributes (author, title, subject, etc.)
• Set text size proportional to page size
• Stamp page numbers
• Apply and remove removable stamps
• Set owner and user passwords
• Set user rights
• Read encrypted files
• Ignore individual rotation per page (optional)
• Set bookmarks per input file
• Use variable stamp text (file name, title, author, bookmark text, current page, total pages)
• Scale pages by factor
• Verbose mode

Formats

Input Formats

• PDF 1.x
• PDF/A

Target Formats

• PDF 1.x

Benefits

Properties and Benefits

The tool does not require any third-party software. Processing occurs automatically on the basis of versatile customized settings. The tool is capable of processing large volumes. This makes it possible to map process status information without affecting the original document. The tool also offers distinct advantages in relation to security (DRM, Digital Rights Management) or when handling different brands within the same enterprise.

Performance Characteristics

• Fully automated stamp application, modification and removal
• Extensive flexibility and individuality
• Easy to control via a control file
• Easy integration
• Simple connection to databases
• High throughput
• Versatile in use

Areas of Use

Document Workflow

Using the PDF Batch Stamp Tool in document workflow processes enables you to apply and remove the document's processing status or an index version. This application variant is useful to highly regulated sectors such as the pharmaceutical industry, nuclear energy, banking and insurance as it ensures the control and traceability of the editing process at any time and therefore compliance with defined document approval and release guidelines.

Areas of Use

• Document workflow
• Outgoing mail
• Publishing
• Marketing

Outgoing Mail and Publishing

Using the Batch Stamp Tool in the field of output management enables you to effortlessly mark files with specific properties, for instance as a copy or a confidential document, without having to change the actual basic content. It is also possible to apply logos and signatures automatically and in accordance with your specific requirements.
Publishers can use the tool to integrate clearly identifiable characteristics to enforce the copyrights to electronically distributed content such as e-books, scripts at universities and seminar documentation.

Sectors

• Software manufacturers / OEM
• IT service providers (e.g. Output Management)
• Public sector
• Energy providers
• Telecommunications
• Banking and insurance
• Pharmaceutical industry

Technical Details

Architecture and Application Options

The PDF Batch Stamp Tool is available as a Shell tool (command line tool).

Product Variants

• Shell tool (command line for batch processing) 

Formats

Input Formats

• PDF 1.x
• PDF/A

Target Formats

• PDF 1.x

Platforms

Operating Systems

• Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, Windows 7 – 32 and 64 bit
• FreeBSD 4.7 for Intel
• HP-UX 11.0 – 32 bit
• IBM AIX (4.3: 32 Bit, 5.1: 64 bit)
• Linux (SuSE and Red Hat on Intel)
• Mac OS X
• Sun Solaris (2.7 and higher)

Interfaces and Languages

Interfaces

• Shell tool: Command line for batch processing

Product Code

BST

Related Products

• PDF Prep Tool Suite

Further Product Details

The PDF Batch Stamp Tool is a command line tool that allows the application of text and image stamps to existing PDF files.  

The PDF Batch Stamp Tool applies text and image stamps to PDF documents. It can also merge PDF files with different text stamps as well as create, maintain and delete bookmarks.