Watermark

A watermark is a faint overlay printed across the rendered pages of a document, typically containing:

• The viewer's email address (when sharing externally)
• The viewer's IP address (for sensitive content)
• A status label (“DRAFT”, “CONFIDENTIAL”, “FOR REVIEW ONLY”)
• A custom string (“Property of Acme Ltd”)

Watermarks serve two purposes:

1. Traceability: if a document leaks, the watermark identifies the source
2. Deterrence: visible attribution discourages unauthorised sharing

In Papyrus, watermarks are applied:

• Automatically on Restricted-class document views
• Optionally on external shares (per-share configuration)
• Optionally on document downloads (configurable per classification)
• Always on rendered drafts of generated documents (so draft pages can't be passed off as final)

Watermarks survive printing — a printout shows the watermark just as the screen view does.

See also

• Confidentiality Level
• Sharing Documents Externally with Expiring Links