getting a pdf document to print

On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 01:00:57PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 17:46 +0100, andy wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have received a multipage pdf document that has been locked so it
> > cannot be printed. I would like to be able to print this document so
> > that I can read it "on the road". Any ideas for by-passing the lock?
>
> pdf2ps then ps2pdf might just work.

What about pdf2html, puts each page in a graphic format.

Doug.

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Sven Arvidsson wrote:

On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 17:46 +0100, andy wrote:

I have received a multipage pdf document that has been locked so it
cannot be printed. I would like to be able to print this document so
that I can read it "on the road". Any ideas for by-passing the lock?

In Evince (version 0.8 from experimental, not sure about the unstable
one), run
gconftool --set --type bool /apps/evince/override_restrictions
true

And you should be able to view and print it. I think Xpdf have something
similar, but I'm not sure if it's a compile time option or not.

Thanks to all who have responded so far. I explored the ideas
suggested, and have pretty much tried the range. I don't know if it is
because I have the password for opening the file, but not the
permissions to print. The document itself restricts from copying and
printing.

Too bad because its a study of the same field as my own interest and I
spend a lot of time commuting. It would have been a good use of that
time.

Anyway, cheers for your help all

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On 5/10/07, Ralph Katz wrote:
> On 05/10/2007 12:46 PM, andy wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have received a multipage pdf document that has been locked so it
> > cannot be printed. I would like to be able to print this document so
> > that I can read it "on the road". Any ideas for by-passing the lock?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
> ~$ apt-cache search pdf |grep password
> pdfcrack - PDF files password cracker

That will probably not work.. See the FAQ section of the page (the 5th
Q from the end):
http://pdfcrack.sourceforge.net/faq.html

It was too good to be true :))

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Mathias Brodala wrote:

Hi Andy.

andy, 10.05.2007 18:46:

I have received a multipage pdf document that has been locked so it
cannot be printed. I would like to be able to print this document so
that I can read it "on the road". Any ideas for by-passing the lock?

You might want to try "pdftk". From the manpage:

Same as above, except printing is allowed (once the PDF is open)
pdftk 1.pdf output 1.128.pdf owner_pw foo user_pw baz allow printing

Regards, Mathias

Mathias - great call thanks! I actually just decrypted the file like so:

pdftk the_document01.pdf input_pw <usrpasswd> output
the_document02.pdf

pdftk is a nice little "Swiss army knife" program!! Thanks for the help
:)

A

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