CentOS - May 2014 - Mail Merge data to a pdf file by overlaying the data on the image

Everyone,

I am looking for a utility that I can use to do a mail merge of data to
a pdf image file.  The image file does not have any active fields, but
will be just an image file.  I would like to overlay  names addresses
etc.  

We currently do this with a pcl file by just overlaying the data with
pcl print positions.  However, in order to get the pcl file from an
original pdf file we have to use gimp to convert the pdf to pcl file,
and we always lose a little resolution.  I was wondering if anyone knows
of a utility to perform this function without first converting the image
to a pcl file.    

Thanks,
-- 
Greg Ennis

On Fri, 09 May 2014 16:27:29 -0500
Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> I am looking for a utility that I can use to do a mail merge of data to
> a pdf image file.
http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/annotating/

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MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com

On 05/09/2014 02:27 PM, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> I am looking for a utility that I can use to do a mail merge of data to
> a pdf image file.  The image file does not have any active fields, but
> will be just an image file.  I would like to overlay  names addresses
> etc.  
> 
> We currently do this with a pcl file by just overlaying the data with
> pcl print positions.  However, in order to get the pcl file from an
> original pdf file we have to use gimp to convert the pdf to pcl file,
> and we always lose a little resolution.  I was wondering if anyone knows
> of a utility to perform this function without first converting the image
> to a pcl file.    
> 
> Thanks,
> 
This may seem like a round-a-bout way to do it; But, why not modify a Latex file
with the changes, then use a bit of Bash script to do the tex -> ps -> pdf
?


-- 
KevinO

On 2014-05-09 23:27, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> I am looking for a utility that I can use to do a mail merge of data to
> a pdf image file.  The image file does not have any active fields, but
> will be just an image file.  I would like to overlay  names addresses
> etc.
> 
> We currently do this with a pcl file by just overlaying the data with
> pcl print positions.  However, in order to get the pcl file from an
> original pdf file we have to use gimp to convert the pdf to pcl file,
> and we always lose a little resolution.  I was wondering if anyone 
> knows
> of a utility to perform this function without first converting the 
> image
> to a pcl file.
> 
Have you tried pdftk? http://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-server/

> Thanks,