Automator - Watermark PDF Documents

Same for me...

I'm hoping to add a Print Service which adds letterhead to document...

I'm not able to add any images to the Watermarks list (exactly as you described)

If you have any solutions, please post.

Thanks

Jeff

Having the same issue here. running lion. trying to watermark some of my research before i post it online.

The answer to your problem is also on this page:

http://superuser.com/questions/384967/add-a-header-to-every-page-in-a-pdf

You can use the Watermark PDF documents action in Automator to add an image on every page of a PDF file. You can specify location, scale, rotation, and opacity.

Manually fixing the workflow for Mac OS X Lion

Set up the entire automator workflow as you would, but skip adding the watermark image (you can't). Save the workflow to a file. Right-click the workflow in Finder and select Show Package Contents and navigate into

Contents

. Open

document.wflow

in a text editor, e.g. TextMate.

The actual parameters and their values are stored in the

ActionParameters

dictionary. The relevant key is

filenames

. By default, it looks like this:

<key>ActionParameters</key> <dict> <key>angle</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>fileNames</key> <array/> <key>onePDF</key> <false/>

Just edit the

<array/>

declaration and add all files as

<string>

s, like so:

<key>fileNames</key> <array> <string>/Users/danielbeck/Desktop/test.png</string> </array>

Save the file, and reopen the workflow in Automator. The image will be correctly listed, and you can fix its position and other properties, before you apply it.

Remember that the workflow does not replace the input file as many others do, the output is written to a temporary file. Use the Move Finder Items action afterwards.

This obviously is a bug. But the workaround will get you going!

Cheers

I managed to get my automator workflow to set the image file as the background but how do i save the watermarked file?

Ben

Automator saves it in a temp directory somewhere. Add a "Move Finder Items" to the end of your workflow, and set the destination to your Desktop (for example).

That should show you the created file on your Desktop. (There probably are several ones in your temp folder by now, with random names. You should see to deleting them.)

Interloper_nl wrote:

Automator saves it in a temp directory somewhere. Add a "Move Finder Items" to the end of your workflow, and set the destination to your Desktop (for example).

That should show you the created file on your Desktop. (There probably are several ones in your temp folder by now, with random names. You should see to deleting them.)

I tried adding the "Move finder Items" but alas still no result..

Is there anyway I can upload a copy of my workflow so you can check if im doing something wrong?

Ben

Offcourse. Just post your script. (the workflow XML) or just Automator screenies. And I will have a look, cant garuantee anything offcourse.