Locked PDF - for what it's worth

Started by Possum, November 12, 2008, 01:24:32 PM

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The one I used has password security for everything but printing. It was allowed. And this method took off security on everything.


However, I was using chrome on a PC and printing through PDF writer. I could see how the transparency thing could be an issue.


Joe

Even for opening? Because on my test file Chrome (on a mac) asked for the password before it would open it.
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pspdfppdfxhd

Yes, but like I said, it was on the PC, I don't have chrome on my Mac, only Firefox, and it wouldn't even load on Firefox, just remained a blank page.



Possum

Let's not get too successful. Don't want the custy's to get bright ideas about the locked proofs WE send THEM. You guys at big shops prolly don't have the problem of people trying to take proof files to other printers, but the smaller guys do.
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Fat Boy Tim

Quote from: DigiCorn on July 03, 2018, 03:04:33 PMI still just use freemypdf.com

Thanks for the tip!

For years I have used PDFKEY.

  -     https://pdfkey.com/en/

The free version does a page 1 of a PDF of any file size. The full version unlocks the whole lot and has Automator Actions to lock and unlock.

Fat Boy Tim

hotdog!

I went back to the PDFKEY site to see if they had any new features and found their sister product...

https://pdfextractor-app.com/en/

Now that's a utility!

StudioMonkey

Quote from: Fat Boy Tim on July 04, 2018, 03:45:13 PMhotdog!

I went back to the PDFKEY site to see if they had any new features and found their sister product...

https://pdfextractor-app.com/en/

Now that's a utility!

Very nice  :smiley:

Was fantasising about this being built in to InDesign only last week.  Make it happen Adobe !
Right now I do this by stripping out the pics with PhotoShop, Copy + Pasting the text in Acrobat which also identifies the fonts, and using Illustrator to isolate any vector items I might need.
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pspdfppdfxhd

Quote from: StudioMonkey on July 05, 2018, 03:13:49 AM
Quote from: Fat Boy Tim on July 04, 2018, 03:45:13 PMhotdog!

I went back to the PDFKEY site to see if they had any new features and found their sister product...

https://pdfextractor-app.com/en/

Now that's a utility!

Very nice  :smiley:

Was fantasising about this being built in to InDesign only last week.  Make it happen Adobe !
Right now I do this by stripping out the pics with PhotoShop, Copy + Pasting the text in Acrobat which also identifies the fonts, and using Illustrator to isolate any vector items I might need.

Wow, you really are a Studio Monkey!

wonderings

On a Mac I just open the PDF with preview then export as PDF. I get an unlocked PDF, never had it not work but it is not something I am dealing with every day.

pspdfppdfxhd

So in other words, Adobe's pdf security is not very secure at all.....

born2print

Nope.
Besides the websites, we have a free app called pdf unlock that works too.

I once freaked a bank dude out because I unlocked a contract pdf and added to it. He was blown away!
BUT YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!!  :rotf:
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when I can't even smile today?

Fat Boy Tim

Quote from: wonderings on July 06, 2018, 08:31:42 AMOn a Mac I just open the PDF with preview then export as PDF. I get an unlocked PDF, never had it not work but it is not something I am dealing with every day.

Yes... We did the same for years. It's an OSX bug from a while ago. Then they fixed it. Maybe it's come back.

Joe

Just be careful. OSX/Preview can butcher a PDF with transparency.
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