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Is there a way of using switch to password protect PDF for print or edit?

If the PDF only has an owner password and no open password then you can use one of several tools (qpdf, CPDF or PDF Enhancer) to decrypt and modify the security settings. You would have to either save the PDF without a password or know the existing password to re-encrypt it.

I don't want do print a password protected PDF.

I want to protect a PDF for print or edit using switch for this action

same tools, just different options

I'm using PDF ToolKit but gives me the message "Can't find outputs for job [25.pdf]"



Can anyone tell me how Execute command works?

I'm newbie on Switch.

In "Command or path" specify the complete path to the pdftk application. In "Arguments" you write



"%1" output "%2" owner_pw YourPassword



"%1" (do not forget the quotes to avoid problems with spaces in paths) points to the input file, "%2" to the output file, and because you want Switch to continue with the output file you should set "Output" to "File at path" with "Output extension - Automatic" because the output file has the same extension as the input file.



Freddy

Worked just fine.

Thanks for the help.

I think the OP was originally looking for a solution using Switch. After more than 11 years, there might even be one now.

@Olivia_Casper
Why would anyone upload confidential PDF documents to some third-party cloud or online apps just to encrypt them? That seems very questionable to me.
If you have PitStop, you also have Acrobat. And in Acrobat, you can encrypt PDFs much faster with Acrobat's own Action Wizard tool and a custom Acrobat action.
I’ve mentioned this here before:
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