10.4: Use Automator to set allowed actions on PDF files
Aug 07, '06 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: cat52
Aug 07, '06 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: cat52
With the PDF actions in Automator, it's possible to replace a lot of functions that used to require Acrobat, including Encrypts PDF, to assign a password to the file.
However, if you only want to restrict the copying or printing of the file, you still need to use Acrobat. I know I can use ghostscript for that, but I wanted a more Mac OS X way, so I wrote a small Unix program to change the permissions, then I wrote an Automator action (using AppleScript Studio) to access the Unix program. Finally, I made an Automator workflow and put it in ~/PDF Services, so I can create the PDFs from the Print menu.
You can download the binaries and source (PDF Permissions 1.0) from my web site (28KB MacOSXHints mirror download).
[robg adds: I haven't tested this one.]
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