Vertical strip as watermark in TeX

Question

I want a vertical strip in full length of the page as shown here:

If the logo is an image, it would be better. How to achieve this? Thanks in advance.

With TikZ overlay, remember picture and some anchors around the page node you can do that. — Manuel, Jan 21 '18 at 19:09
See https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/198521/a-simple-line-from-start-of-the-page-to-the-end, https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/409848/cant-make-vertical-line-that-fills-the-page — Steven B. Segletes, Jan 21 '18 at 21:00
Does How can I create a decoration that runs down one side of each page? answer your question? — Peter Grill, Jan 21 '18 at 21:03

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '18 at 20:00

Just flashing out Manuel's instructions.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{tikzpagenodes}
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.text}
\begin{document}
\AddToShipoutPictureBG{
\begin{tikzpicture}[opacity=0.5,overlay,font=\sffamily\textbf\Huge]
\draw[blue!50!white,line width=1cm,%
postaction={decorate,decoration={raise=-0.1cm,text along path,text align=center, 
text=LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO LOGO}}] (current page text area.south) -- (current page text
area.north);
\end{tikzpicture}
}
\lipsum[1-10]
\end{document}

Vertical strip as watermark in TeX

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