Looking for print overlay software

From: Tad Winters <stafford.no.spam.winters2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:05:11 GMT

Do you know of any software available for VAX/VMS which will take a text
file and overlay it on a file containing graphics? My first thought is to
have a PDF containing a logo and some pattern of lines (the template), and
the text file would be "written" onto that file as if it were a form. I
suppose the template could be some other file format. My thought is that
each page of text would use the same template, with the assumption the
template is exactly one printable page.
I just reviewed the contents of version 8 of the Freeware CD and nothing
stood out. From looking at the other Freeware CDs in the past, I don't
remember anything like that.
I don't mind investing some time in programming, but I expect it would take
a good amount of time to research the format of even a simple PDF. I'd
hate to re-invent what's already been done.
.

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