Re: Non-printable PDFs?

[Arved Sandstrom <Ar...@chebucto.ns.ca>]

At 04:32 PM 1/31/01 -0500, you wrote:
>   Dear FOP  developers,            I know that there are certain PDFs out
>there that users  are not allowed to print to a printer (I have a freely
>available PDF book about  EJB that is like this). Is there a way to specify
>a PDF document as  non-printable using FOP? If not, is there a quick hack
>that can get the job  done? I'd appreciate any input in this matter.  
>Sincerely,            Daryl.    Daryl Beattie

I don't know how quick the hack would be...probably not too bad. What you 
want to do is modify the FOP PDF writing code so as to put an Encrypt key 
into the trailer dictionary; this key points to an Encryption dictionary. If 
using the standard security handler, this dictionary has a key Filter with 
value Standard. We don't have to worry about actually encrypting strings & 
streams; that's optional, but we want to also supply values for the 
Revision, Owner, User, and Permissions keys to the Encryption dictionary.

For someone who opens the doc with a user password, the Permissions apply; 
if bit 3 is unset, then the user cannot print.

Ultimately it is the PDF reader program that enforces these permissions, 
though. I would guess that such a document could be opened in our 
AWTRenderer and then printed, for example.

Regards,
Arved Sandstrom

Fairly Senior Software Type
e-plicity (http://www.e-plicity.com)
Wireless * B2B * J2EE * XML --- Halifax, Nova Scotia


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