From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 7 10:03:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA23920 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:03:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (quackerjack.cc.vt.edu [198.82.160.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA23910 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 10:03:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sable.cc.vt.edu (sable.cc.vt.edu [128.173.16.30]) by quackerjack.cc.vt.edu (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA00770; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 13:03:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from jandrese.async.vt.edu (jandrese.async.vt.edu [128.173.20.208]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA03840; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 13:03:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 13:07:52 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Andresen X-Sender: jandrese@jandrese.async.vt.edu To: Randall Hopper cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Acrobat Reader for FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <19970407102953.15410@ct.picker.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Randall Hopper wrote: =)John S. Dyson: =)That I've tried, the Linux version runs OK except that it doesn't generate =)valid postscript. This is unfortunate when dealing with encrypted PDFs as =)xpdf and ghostscript don't handle encrypted PDFs. =) =)Anyone got a little-known FreeBSD solution for printing encrypted PDFs? =) I think one of the reasons to encypt the PDFs is to prevent people from printing them. This is one reason why Adobe is reluctant to give out the encryption scheme (IMHO). :::::::::::::::::::::::::::. . . . . ..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: Jason Andresen :. . . . . . . . . : Web and FTP server at :: :: jandrese@vt.edu :.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:: jandrese.async.vt.edu :: :.........................: Quote of the day :..........................: Flying saucers on occasion Show themselves to human eyes. Aliens fume, put off invasion While they brand these tales as lies. :::::::::::.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.........................:..:.:.:.:.:.:.:::::::::::