set pdf security

hagadone · Post by **hagadone** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 4:04 am

I am trying to decide if Switch or Pitstop server can help with a problem we have.

We combine our page leverl PDF files into single password protected PDF documents to post on the web after a job is printed. Currently this takes 3 different programs and is very time consuming.

I know we can resample the PDF's in PS Server, but I can't figure out if any of the products can set the password and restrict the printing of the document tolow resolution.

Any body know?

Very little info on the site.

IanB · Post by **IanB** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:28 pm

It's possible to set the security password (providing it is the same password for specific documents) using either Applescript or Javascript.

hagadone · Post by **hagadone** » Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:05 pm

IanB wrote: It's possible to set the security password (providing it is the same password for specific documents) using either Applescript or Javascript.

Using which program? Switch?, PS Server?

mattbeals · Post by **mattbeals** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 6:40 am

Apago PDF Enhancer works perfect for this.

carineb · Post by **carineb** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:14 pm

I'm sure IanB is referring to PowerSwitch as it is the tool you'll need to execute Javascript/Applescript in an automated way. PitStop Server does not support this functionality.

hagadone · Post by **hagadone** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:54 pm

Thanks for the replies everyone.

We actually have the Apago product V3.1

It is very buggy and crashes constantly. We reverted back to 2.1 and seem to be getting along better.

Currently looking in to upgrading to 3.5.

Hopefully less buggy.

Also researching Switch.

Thanks again,

Sean

mattbeals · Post by **mattbeals** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:59 am

PDF Enhancer 3.5 is much better than 3.1. Apago did a really good job with it. If you're in the US and need any help evaluating let me know. I can help with the Apago and Switch products if the need arises.

diwu · Post by **diwu** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:48 pm

FullSwitch and PowerSwitch have a merge PDF tool (and a split PDF tool) so this requires no other software. Acrobat can however also be used to merge the pages.

Re-sample for the web is a job for PitStop Server.

Setting a password and changing security settings can be done with the Qoppa tool jPDFSecure. The tool itself is available on mac and win but the configurator is currently only available on win.

Uploading the files to a website is probably possible with PowerSwitch but this might ask for some custom scripting. Try posting a new topic with the upload details in the scripting section of this forum or contact your local reseller or Enfocus Professional Services if you also wish to automate that final step in your flow.

dkelly · Post by **dkelly** » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:55 pm

PDF Enhancer can apply security and digital signatures to PDF files. Here's an example setting (PEC) that applies 128-bit AES encryption.

aes

128

test

You will need to customize the value and the .

PS - PDF Enhancer 3.5 is very stable and processes 100,000+ files per day for our world-wide customers.

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Dwight Kelly

Apago, Inc.