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Creating a custom Watermark
With the introduction of PrinShop Mail 6.0 you can specifiy objects as non printable. These items will
only be shown in the JPG previews and PDF softproofs of PrintShop Web. Non printable objects can
be used to create custom watermarks and emulate preprinted paper or specific paper types.
Non Printable Objects
Placing a watermark on your documents will discourage people from copying them, claiming them
as their own. In PrintShop Mail you can set the non printable property to any kind of object. Here's a
simple way to add a custom watermark to your documents:
1 Launch PrintShop Mail and open the Newsletter.psmd file located in the Newsletter folder
(Examples folder).
2 Select the Image File option in the Insert menu. The Select Image File dialog appears.
3 Navigate to the Newsletter folder located in the Examples folder. Select the watermark.gif image
and click Open. The image will be placed in the layout.
4 Move the image to a central position on the layout, rotate the image and scale it so it overlaps some
important/variable areas of the design.
The scaled and rotated watermark image in the layout
5 Make sure that the image is selected and select Preview only in the Printing options section of the
Properties panel. By setting this option to Preview only, the image will only be visible in the JPG
preview and PDF softproofs generated by PrintShop Web. Print and PDF output created by an
operator (in-plant status) will not show this object.