[DVIPDFMx] Overprinting with xelatex

[Clinton Gormley]

On Thu, 2010-02-25 at 12:01 +0900, Matthias Franz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm not familiar with overprinting, but it might help to explain
> how to translate from pdftex code to dvipdfmx.  (I didn't test
> the functionality, but the code below compiles fine.)
> 

> dvipdfmx:
> \special{pdf:obj @opoff << /Type /ExtGState /op false /OP false /OPM 0 >>}
> \special{pdf:obj @opon  << /Type /ExtGState /op true /OP true /OPM 1 >>}
> \special{pdf:obj @extgs << /GSko @opoff /GSop @opon >>}
> \special{pdf:put @resources << /ExtGState @extgs >>}

Brilliant - many thanks Matthias

I'll give this a go next week

clint

> 
> (See the dvipdfm manual for the list of predefined objects like @resources.)
> 
> pdftex:
> >       \pdfliteral direct {/GSop gs}%
> 
> dvipdfmx:
> \special{pdf:literal direct /GSop gs}
> 
> 
> Best,