Feature request/enquiry: Overprint support

[Oliver Sander]

> Bernard, can you explain more precisely what it is that you need?
> Without it I don't think you will get a better answer.

Sorry for this: I just found your last email which gives more information.
Let me digest those first.

> Maybe open a feature request at bugs.kde.org -- that's more easily kept track of.

That I think is still a good idea.

Best,
Oliver

> 
> Cheers,
> Oliver
> 
> 
> On 29.05.23 21:49, Laura David Hurka wrote:
>> Hi Bernard,
>>
>> I don’t know exactly what overprinting is, or what your requirements are.
>> I understand it as a feature similar to PDF layers.
>> Okular has a side panel for layers, you can try it with the last page of what
>> a quick internet search gave me:
>>
>> https://www.edcfiresafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Using-Layerd-PDFs-with-Sample-Map.pdf
>>
>> I assume your requirement is to display the document correctly, only on your
>> screen of your local desktop computer.
>>
>> My conclusion is that Poppler (the PDF library normally used by Okular) will
>> need to support “overprinting”.
>> If a user interface is necessary, that should be a sensible addition to
>> Okular, similar to how layers already have a user interface.
>>
>> Cheers, David
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> We are currently supporting a very old version of 32 bit adobe reader on
>>> our ubuntu 22.04/kde desktops, due to the requirement for support for a PDF
>>> feature called "Overprint" which is used by our label printing supplier (I
>>> work for an Australian winery)
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Is this feature something Okular would be interested in developing?
>>
>>
>>
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