PS_MAKESPOTCOLOR(3)							 1						       PS_MAKESPOTCOLOR(3)

ps_makespotcolor - Create spot color

SYNOPSIS

       int ps_makespotcolor (resource  $psdoc, string  $name, [int  $reserved])

DESCRIPTION

	Creates  a spot color from the current fill color. The fill color must be defined in rgb, cmyk or gray colorspace. The spot color name can
       be an arbitrary name. A spot color can be set as any color with ps_setcolor(3). When the document is not printed but displayed by an  post-
       script viewer the given color in the specified color space is use.

PARAMETERS

	      o $psdoc
		- Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new(3).

	      o $name
		- Name of the spot color, e.g. Pantone 5565.

RETURN VALUES

	The id of the new spot color or 0 in case of an error.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      Creating and using a spot color

	      <?php
	      $ps = ps_new();
	      if (!ps_open_file($ps, "spotcolor.ps")) {
		print "Cannot open PostScript file
";
		exit;
	      }

	      ps_set_info($ps, "Creator", "spotcolor.php");
	      ps_set_info($ps, "Author", "Uwe Steinmann");
	      ps_set_info($ps, "Title", "Spot color example");

	      ps_begin_page($ps, 596, 842);
	      ps_setcolor($ps, "fill", "cmyk", 0.37, 0.0, 0.34, 0.34);
	      $spotcolor = ps_makespotcolor($ps, "PANTONE 5565 C", 0);
	      ps_setcolor($ps, "fill", "spot", $spotcolor, 0.5, 0.0, 0.0);
	      ps_moveto($ps, 100, 100);
	      ps_lineto($ps, 100, 200);
	      ps_lineto($ps, 200, 200);
	      ps_lineto($ps, 200, 100);
	      ps_lineto($ps, 100, 100);
	      ps_fill($ps);
	      ps_end_page($ps);

	      ps_delete($ps);
	      ?>

	       This example creates the spot color "PANTONE 5565 C" which is a darker green (olive) and fills a rectangle with 50% intensity.

SEE ALSO

       ps_setcolor(3).

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