/** * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following StackOverflow question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29775893/watermark-in-a-pdf-with-itext */ package sandbox.stamper; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.GrayColor; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfArray; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfNumber; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class AddExtraMargin { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/primes.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/primes_extra_margin.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new AddExtraMargin().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); int n = reader.getNumberOfPages(); PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); // properties PdfContentByte over; PdfDictionary pageDict; PdfArray mediabox; float llx, lly, ury; // loop over every page for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { pageDict = reader.getPageN(i); mediabox = pageDict.getAsArray(PdfName.MEDIABOX); llx = mediabox.getAsNumber(0).floatValue(); lly = mediabox.getAsNumber(1).floatValue(); ury = mediabox.getAsNumber(3).floatValue(); mediabox.set(0, new PdfNumber(llx - 36)); over = stamper.getOverContent(i); over.saveState(); over.setColorFill(new GrayColor(0.5f)); over.rectangle(llx - 36, lly, 36, ury - llx); over.fill(); over.restoreState(); } stamper.close(); reader.close(); } }