Module printpdf::types::plugins::graphics::xobject

Structs

FormXObject	THIS IS NOT A PDF FORM! A form XObject can be nearly everything. PDF allows you to reuse content for the graphics stream in a FormXObject. A FormXObject is basically a layer-like content stream and can contain anything as long as it's a valid strem. A FormXObject is intended to be used for reapeated content on one page.
FormXObjectRef
GroupXObject
ImageXObject
ImageXObjectRef	Named reference to an image
OptionalContentGroup	Optional content group, for PDF layers. Only available in PDF 1.4 but (I think) lower versions of PDF allow this, too. Used to create Adobe Illustrator-like layers in PDF
PostScriptXObject	TODO, very low priority
ReferenceXObject	PDF 1.4 and higher Contains a PDF file to be embedded in the current PDF
SMask	SMask dictionary. A soft mask (or SMask) is a greyscale image that is used to mask another image
XObjectList	List of XObjects
XObjectRef	Named reference to an XObject

Enums

FormType
GroupXObjectType
ImageFilter	todo: they don't work yet
OCGIntent	Intent to use for the optional content groups
XObject	External object that gets reference outside the PDF content stream Gets constructed similar to the ExtGState, then inserted into the /XObject dictionary on the page. You can instantiate XObjects with the /Do operator. The layer.add_xobject() (or better yet, the layer.add_image(), layer.add_form()) methods will do this for you.