[plug] pdf files: update

BillK billk at iinet.net.au
Fri Sep 8 07:02:42 WST 2000


Found that xpdf and pdfinfo that come with Mandrake 7.1 handle password
protected files, and better yet it looks like it will print OK - thanks
Christian for the lead.

>From pdfinfo -upw "password" problem_file:

Title:        
How do processes talk to each other 
Author:       Eddie 
Creator:      Microsoft Word 8.0 
Producer:     þÿ 
CreationDate: 20000905152903 
ModDate:      20000905153048 
Pages:        15 
Encrypted:    yes (print:yes copy:no) 
Linearized:   yes  

xpdf prints to a standard postscript file viewable by kghostscript and
presumably printable (outa time, will test tonight)

BillK



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