It can be necessary for the user to add text as Stamp on the printed documents to mark documents with information relevant to their creation, distribution or storage.
Black Ice Printer Driver can be configured to add a custom text Stamp to a printed document.
To configure Black Ice Printer Drivers to use text Stamp:
1. Open the Black Ice Printer Drivers preferences.
2. Click on the Watermark/Stamp tab and check the Enable Text Stamp checkbox.
Text Stamp Configuration
The Text Stamp can contain a user-defined text, the date and the time. The position of the text, the type, the color and the size of the font used to print the text stamp.
The Text Stamp can also contain important background information such as page number, time, date, document title and more, and also makes the printed document to look more professional.
If needed, the printer driver converts the text stamp to the format of the page that is currently printed. For example, if a colored text stamp is specified as a stamp and the printer driver is set to generate monochrome (Black & White) documents, the stamp is dithered to monochrome and the monochrome text is added to the page as a stamp.
The Watermark field’s description
Text: Specifies a user-definable string that appears in the Stamp text. The Stamp text can contain any ASCII characters and the variables.
Add Text to the first page only: If this option is enabled, the configured stamp will be applied to the first page only or every page of the document.
Insert variable to Text: One can select a variable or multiple variables from the list below, by clicking on “Add to text” button, and add the variable(s) to the “Text:” filed to be displayed as Stamp.
<<PRINTING TIME>> - the time of the print job, in the following format: HH:MM:SS PM/AM
<<PRINTING DATE EU>> - the date of the print job, in the following format: DD/MM/YYYY
<<PRINTING DATE US>> - the date of the print job, in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY
<<PRINTING DATE ASIA>> - the date of the print job, in the following format: YYYY/MM/DD
<<DOMAINNAME>> - the name of the domain where the printing user is currently logged on to print
<<USERNAME>> - the name of the printing user
<<COMPUTERNAME>> - the computer’s name where the printing has been initiated
<<IPADDRESS>> - the IP address of the computer where the printing has been initiated
<<DOCNAME>> - the name of the document that is currently printed
<<PAGENUM>> - the current page number
<<PRINTERNAME>> - the printer’s name which printed the document
<<COPY>> - Specifies the number of the current copy. For example, if redirecting two copies to a physical printer, then the first copy has number 1 on every pages and the second copy has number 2 on every pages.
Position: Specifies the position of the Text Stamp. Position can be set up to Top Left/Top Right/Center/Bottom Left/Bottom Right.
The X Offset (+/-) and Y Offset (+/-) settings specify the distance relatively from the edge of the page and the specified position. The units used to specify offsets are set with the Units dropdown list. Supported units are tenths of mm, hundredths of an inch, and pixels.
For example, if the Text Stamp is set to Top Left, the X Offset (+/-) is 100, the Y Offset (+/-) is 200 and the units are pixels, then the Text Stamp will be positioned to 100 pixels of distance from the left edge of the page and 200 pixels of distance from the top edge of the page
Font Customization: Users can customize the Text Stamp font type, size, style in the Font Customization window.
Color: Users can customize the color of the Text Stamp.
Text Background: Specifies whether to use opaque or transparent background for the stamp.
Opaque: The text stamp’s background is opaque.
Transparent: The text stamp’s background is transparent.
Visibility - The visibility value determines how visible the stamp is on the page. A lower percentage value produces a lighter stamp; and higher value produces a more visible stamp.
With Visibility set to 100% the stamp will be completely opaque, covering the printed document.
Text Preview: Shows the predicted stamp text with the substituted variables.
Preview: Shows the preview of the configured arrangement and size of the stamp.