PDFCreator set "PDF Producer" meta attribute

I am trying to find a way to create a PDF using pdfcreator and set the PDF Producer to something other than ghostscript v*.

For some odd reason the program I am piping the Pdf file to will only accept canon generated PDF files.

I thought there might be some sort of ghostscript parameter I could pass but have not found anything obvious. I even looked at passing the pdf to a vbscript to modify that property but I don't off hand see any object I can create to modify it.

Any ideas or direction would be greatly appreciated.

ssaviers

Posted 2014-02-14T22:28:19.087

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Answers

I would use Exiftool, which allows you to, as implied by it's name, change EXIF tags. I've tested the Windows version thusly:

"exiftool(-k).exe" -"Producer"="Canon" <name of PDF to modify>

Where <name of PDF to modify> is the file for which you would like to change the "Producer" tag. Of course, you can change the data in the tag to whatever it's convenient for you.

JSanchez

Posted 2014-02-14T22:28:19.087

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Thank you, This worked thru a manual command line as a quick test. I suspect I can throw it in a vbs wrapper to do the whole deal I need. – ssaviers – 2014-02-19T23:12:14.577

I found a freeware tool called pdf info (if you prefer a gui) at beaureausoft.com. Sorry, I'm not promoting the tool! It helped me.

Edit: after testing, exiftool has fewer bugs. PDF Info inserts garbage in the field "[[[[000". It's worth investing in learning it's command line parameters:

exiftool -"Producer"="Adobe PDF Library 9.0" -"Creator"="Adobe InDesign CS4 (6.0.6)" file.pdf

Justin Goldberg

Posted 2014-02-14T22:28:19.087

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