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From: Jeff Needle on 29 Sep 2005 23:53 On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:43:37 -0700, Uncas <notvalid(a)cyberspace.nil> wrote: > PDFrank wrote: >> Uncas wrote: >> >>> That post slipped by me, but I cannot see how using Foxit PDF Editor >>> wouldn't cost Jeff Needle a penny. It is clearly not freeware. Surely >>> you're not suggesting that he should break the EULA? >> The evaluation agreement is not time-limited in any way. > My understanding was that Jeff was going to put the program to more or > less continuous use. He seems very happy with it. I'll check it out > myself. Thanks for the suggestion. > .. > Uncas Just to clarify, I needed it for a single project, which is now done. But I'm so pleased with it that I'm likely to buy it in case the need arises again in the future. -- -------------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com
From: H-Man on 3 Oct 2005 11:32 On 28 Sep 2005 09:12:00 -0700, Eric wrote: > That's not going to work either. > > First off, there is a setting that turns of the print function and they > probably did that if they went to the trouble to restrict copying. > > Even if they didn't restrict printing, anything Ghostscript based will > NOT re-render it to a new PDF. I tested that on a file I created that > was set to allow printing but not allow copying. I got the following > error: > > This PostScript file was created from an encrypted PDF file. > Redistilling encrypted PDF is not permitted. > %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: get ]%% > > GhostScript Error 1 > Error, no PDF file produced! (False) > > Looks like password protection IS sent to the ".ps" file. I print to a > Apple Laserwriter and then run the .ps through Ghostscript. You're back > to cracking the password before doing anything else. > > If anybody else wants to test... I've put a fully protected PDF showing > one page of this thread at: > > <http://www.widewaterfilms.com/other/protection_test.pdf> > > Eric Here's the text as extracted by GSView v4.6 of the above protected page. ****************************** Google Groups : alt.comp.freeware http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.freeware/browse_thread/thread... 1 of 5 9/28/2005 8:53 AM Members: Sign in New users: Join Google Groups Recently visited [clear] alt.comp.freeware comp.os.linux.networking comp.unix.solaris aus.computers ****************************** In the interest of keeping this short I've truncated the rest, but GSView will extract this text just fine. Any other restrictions in PDF files can be worked around, but things can get messy. To answer the OP's question though, GSView will get you there. http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/ -- HK
From: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson on 3 Oct 2005 17:53
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 09:32:01 -0600, H-Man wrote: > In the interest of keeping this short I've truncated the rest, but GSView > will extract this text just fine. Any other restrictions in PDF files can > be worked around, but things can get messy. To answer the OP's question > though, GSView will get you there. As I posted here Message-ID: <l7pdsgmcvmc3$.dlg(a)br.ederson.news.arcor.de> in this thread: Ghostscript/GSView not only let you extract the text. One can create a similar looking deprotected *.pdf file. (Using the 'Convert' function.) The only glitch might be a resolution drop if the input *.pdf has very high resolution images included. BeAr -- =========================================================================== = What do you mean with: "Perfection is always an illusion"? = ===============================================================--(Oops!)=== |