batesmaster - pdf bates stamper

batesmaster is Open Source software licensed under GPLv3 so far written by Mark Manoukian and Gregory Pruden

usage: Option Description

-?, --help output file name for bates stamped pdf --format advanced java style format string for bastes number, default: %05d --inpdf REQUIRED pdf file to add bates stamps --overwrite output file name for bates stamped pdf --pdfout output file name for bates stamped pdf --rotate rotation of the number on the page, default: 0 --seed, --startnum <Integer: new set begining bates number, default: 1 number> --xoffset offset location from left of page, default: 10 --yoffset offset location from bottom of page, default: 10 Decription: batesmaster uses the iText libary to stamp bates numbers on pages of a pdf document.

The most basic operation of batesmaster requires only a pdf document filename specified with the --inpdf option. This will produce a new pdf document named .out.pdf with bates numbers beginning with 00001 on the bottom left of each page and incrementing 00002, 00003 for each subsequent page in the document.

To locate the stamped number elsewhere on the page use the --xoffset and --yoffset options to move it more pixels right (xoffset) or more pixels from the bottom (yoffset). Future versions batesmaster will improve this location to selecting corners or edges and including rotation as these are available with the iText library.

Numbering begins with the seed, using the --seed option which defaults to 1, and is formated with the --format option and a java string format syntax which defaults to %05d which produces numbers that look like "00001."

Numbering is always done to second output document specified by the --pdfout option but that defaults to .out.pdf. If the file already exists batesmaster will produce an error unless the --overwrite option is specified.

For more information about the Java formatting string syntax see: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Formatter.html#syntax

For more information about bates numbering please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_numbering

Examples:

java -jar batesmaster.jar --inpdf "C:\test.pdf"

java -jar batesmaster.jar --inpdf "C:\test.pdf" --pdfout "H:\test.pdf" --seed=5 --overwrite -xoffset=30 -yoffset=5 --format=M%07d