Endorsements are additional header and footer information you can add to the top and bottom of each page. Header and footers can contain text such as titles and page numbers.
Page Header Left |
Page Header Center |
Page Header Right |
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Page Footer Left |
Page Footer Center |
Page Footer Right |
Enable
Default: 0
Set this to 1 to add header and footer endorsements to your page.
[Endorsements] Enable=1 |
See also: Stamping
HeaderHeightInPoints
Default: 12
The height of the header area in points. The default is 12 points. There are 72 points in an inch, 12 points is 1/6th of an inch.
[Endorsements] HeaderHeightInPoints=12 |
See also: Stamping
HeaderLeftWidthInPoints
The width of the left section of the header area in points. When not specified, the header is the width of the page.
[Endorsements] ;3 inches, 72 points/inch HeaderLeftWidthInPoints=216 |
See also: Stamping
HeaderCenterWidthInPoints
The width of the center section of the header area in points. When not specified, the header is the width of the page.
[Endorsements] ;3 inches, 72 points/inch HeaderCenterWidthInPoints=216 |
See also: Stamping
HeaderRightWidthInPoints
The width of the right section of the header area in points. When not specified, the header is the width of the page.
[Endorsements] ;3 inches, 72 points/inch HeaderRightWidthInPoints=216 |
See also: Stamping
HeaderLeftFormat
The text, with formatting codes as needed, to put in the left section of the header.
[Endorsements] ;Place italic text 'Confidential' in left header HeaderLeftFormat=&IConfidential |
See also: Stamping
HeaderCenterFormat
The text, with formatting codes as needed, to put in the center section of the header.
[Endorsements] ;Place bolded company name in center of header HeaderCenterFormat=&BMy Company Name |
See also: Stamping
HeaderRightFormat
The text, with formatting codes as needed, to put in the right section of the header.
[Endorsements] ;Place current page number in the right section of the header HeaderRightFormat=&P |
See also: Stamping
FooterHeightInPoints
Default: 12
The height of the footer area in points. The default is 12 points. There are 72 points in an inch, 12 points is 1/6th of an inch.
[Endorsements] FooterHeightInPoints=12 |
See also: Stamping
FooterLeftWidthInPoints
The width of the left section of the footer area in points. When not specified, the footer is the width of the page.
[Endorsements] ;3 inches, 72 points/inch FooterLeftWidthInPoints=216 |
See also: Stamping
FooterCenterWidthInPoints
The width of the center section of the footer area in points. When not specified, the footer is the width of the page.
[Endorsements] ;3 inches, 72 points/inch FooterCenterWidthInPoints=216 |
See also: Stamping
FooterRightWidthInPoints
The width of the right section of the footer area in points. When not specified, the footer is the width of the page.
[Endorsements] ;3 inches, 72 points/inch FooterRightWidthInPoints=216 |
See also: Stamping
FooterLeftFormat
The text, with formatting codes as needed, to put in the left section of the footer.
[Endorsements] ;Place bold & italic text 'Internal Use Only' in left footer FooterLeftFormat=&I&BInternal Use Only |
See also: Stamping
FooterCenterFormat
The text, with formatting codes as needed, to put in the center section of the footer.
[Endorsements] ;Place bolded company name in center of footer FooterCenterFormat=&BMy Company Name |
See also: Stamping
FooterRightFormat
The text, with formatting codes as needed, to put in the right section of the footer.
[Endorsements] ;Place current page number in the right section of the header FooterRightFormat=&P |
See also: Stamping
Header and Footer Formatting Codes
The following formatting codes are used to format the text strings placed in the headers and footers.
String Code |
Description |
|---|---|
&P |
This code is replaced by the current page number. |
&B |
Turns bold formatting on and off. All text after the first occurrence of the formatting code will be bold until the same formatting code is encountered again. |
&I |
Turns italic formatting on and off. All text after the first occurrence of the formatting code will be italicized until the same formatting code is encountered again. |
&U |
Turns font underlining on and off. All text after the first occurrence of the formatting code will be underlined until the same formatting code is encountered again. |
&S |
Turns font strike though formatting on and off. All text after the first occurrence of the formatting code will be struck though (a line down the middle of the text) until the same formatting code is encountered again. |
&'fontname' |
Sets the font to be used for the following text. All text after the occurrence of the formatting code will be printed in the specified font until another font formatting code is encountered again. The default font is Arial. |
&n |
Sets the font size, in points, to be used for the following text, where n is replaced with the desired point size. All text after the occurrence of the formatting code will be printed in the specified font size until another font size formatting code is encountered again. The default font size is 12 points. |
&K000000 |
Changes the color of the text. All text after the occurrence of the formatting code will be printed in the color specified until another color formatting code is encountered again. The default color is Black. The color is specified as six character RGB code, such as &KFF0000 for red or &K00FF00 for green. |
&& |
Allows the insertion of an ampersand character into the text. |
Newlines in Endorsement Strings
If you are editing header or footer strings manually in the the script file, and want to include the newline character (\n), the line need to be marked as "escaped" and enclosed as cdata to be passed correctly to the driver.
Character |
Escaped Characters to Use |
\n |
\x0D\x0A |
[Endorsements] Enable=1 HeaderCenterFormat=<cdata>First Line\x0D\x0ASecondLine</cdata> |
