[DVIPDFMx] Overprinting with xelatex

[Clinton Gormley]

> > Not sure if this is the right list to ask, but I need to convince
> > xelatex to set overprinting in the produced PDFs.
> 
> In what context do you need overprinting? What sort of elements do you need to interact w/?

I'm using xelatex to produce family announcements for publication in
newspapers.  You can see the online booking form here:

http://dev.iannounce.net/book_online

At the moment, we're just using a transparent background, so there is no
problem, but if we want to add a background colour, then we need the
text and any images to be overprinted.

> 
> Is post-processing the file an option?

It is, as long as it can be done on linux.  That said, to my inexpert
eye, turning on overprinting looks pretty simple. Just a matter of
outputting the correct PDF instruction.  I just don't know how to do
that in xelatex

thanks

Clint