# Adding Watermark to PDFs via Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-watermark-to-pdfs-via-ignition/81203>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [October 30, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-watermark-to-pdfs-via-ignition/81203 "2023-10-30T21:24:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![tim.hinrichsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tim.hinrichsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.hinrichsen)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-watermark-to-pdfs-via-ignition/81203/1 "2023-10-30T21:24:29Z")

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Hi All,

I have a client that would like to add water marks to PDFs that are stored in a document management system we have built for them that stores files on a network storage location rather than as file bytes in a DB. From my research this isn't possible natively in Ignition but was wondering if anyone had any other options such as third party tools.

I suspect the ideal solution would be to retrieve the file, pass this into the tool or script function to add the watermark and return to the end user the modified file.  
The water marks contents are to have the date retrieved, username and document status (draft, active etc).

Thanks in advance,  
Tim

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-watermark-to-pdfs-via-ignition/81203/2 "2023-10-30T21:26:57Z")

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WebDev plus PDFtk command line tool.

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**Author:** ![tim.hinrichsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tim.hinrichsen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tim.hinrichsen)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-watermark-to-pdfs-via-ignition/81203/3 "2023-10-30T21:37:44Z")

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Thanks for the fast response. Looks like that should do the trick between PDFtk Server and STAMPtk.