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I need to remove some restrictions from a .pdf document:
I can't zoom or use any other buttons. The toolbar just isn't available. I never saw a .pdf file like this one.
ChristianM
Posted 2010-11-14T09:46:03.603
Reputation: 655
How to remove a .pdf's document restrictions?
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You have two options:
with
ghostscript:gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=%stdout% -c .setpdfwrite -f locked.pdf > unlocked.pdfwith
pdf2psandps2pdf(slower):pdf2ps locked.pdf - | ps2pdf - unlocked.pdfIf the unlocked PDF contains error, try to decompose the commands (ps2pdf have sometimes problems with a streamed input):
pdf2ps locked.pdf unlocked.ps ps2pdf unlocked.ps unlocked.pdf
Kyle_the_hacker
Posted 2010-11-14T09:46:03.603
Reputation: 121
Alternatively => gswin64c -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sFONTPATH=%windir%/fonts;xfonts;. -sPDFPassword=123456 -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dPassThroughJPEGImages=true -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf INPUT.pdf – dns – 2015-11-04T13:22:44.927
You can try this if the PDF has permission pswd => gswin64c -dSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sFONTPATH=%windir%/fonts;xfonts;. -sPDFPassword=123456 -dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress -dPassThroughJPEGImages=true -sOutputFile=OUTPUT.pdf INPUT.pdf – dns – 2015-11-04T13:23:20.730
1Point us to a PDF link if you want a remotely useful answer. – Mike Fitzpatrick – 2010-11-14T11:53:21.287
If the PDF is protected, there's very little you can do to unprotect it. – None – 2010-11-14T21:02:35.937