Need some Geek help on a PDF with printing restrictions

[bert_is_evil]

I have downloaded the owner handbook PDF for my bike but the Document Restriction on Printing is set to "Not Allowed". Can anyone suggest how to get around this?

The best I can come up with myself is taking screenshots of the pages but there's 110 of them and I'm too lazy for that...

[Cajun]

well if you have adobe writer yaself might be able to hack it or sometimes you can 'highlight the text and copy'

if ya want ya can email it to me, and i see what i can sort out

pm for email address

[Disco Dan]

Not the 'geekiest' person but can you not "save as" then try printing from the copy?

Or change the extension? Import into word?

[Big Dave]

I have downloaded the owner handbook PDF for my bike but the Document Restriction on Printing is set to "Not Allowed". Can anyone suggest how to get around this?

The best I can come up with myself is taking screenshots of the pages but there's 110 of them and I'm too lazy for that...

I would rasterise only the pages I needed in photoshop. Same as screen shots.

Nothing that employs post script will get past it.

[xwhatsit]

Fucking DRM by Adobe. Complete smacktards.

Try another PDF reader -- there's tonnes out there, I can give you some examples but they're all for linux. You might be lucky and the other PDF readers just ignore the DRM crap, or perhaps they just won't be able to read the file in the first place.

[Big Dave]

Complete smacktards.

Nah - I can't hate them. 15 years ago they delivered us from winblivion.

[degrom]

Ghost Script... It will most likely open it and then there are a few hacks you can do to take the restrictions off... (This job is not meant for NON-GEEK persons!!!)

[xwhatsit]

Nah - I can't hate them. 15 years ago they delivered us from winblivion.

Further explanation? PostScript was developed between Adobe and Apple, if that's what you mean -- also, the Adobe of 1984 is not the Adobe of today wot implemented these DRM restrictions.

PostScript is an open standard, ffs. We've been using it with LaTeX and TeX for decades. PDF is effectively just a tokenised and more compact version of PS. You should not be adding proprietary negative shit to open standards such as DRM.

But I'm all for deliverance from winblivion.

[Bonez]

Further explanation? PostScript was developed between Adobe and Apple, if that's what you mean -- also, the Adobe of 1984 is not the Adobe of today wot implemented these DRM restrictions.

PostScript is an open standard, ffs. We've been using it with LaTeX and TeX for decades. PDF is effectively just a tokenised and more compact version of PS. You should not be adding proprietary negative shit to open standards such as DRM.

But I'm all for deliverance from winblivion.Aren't PDF documents specically designed to be read only? To protect the originators rights. PDF formatted docs came out well before DRM was conceived.

Have a look here- http://www.accesspdf.com/links/index.php?category=PDF+Tools&page=3

There's probably a tool there, and good advice, to do the job of changing attritutes of the file. Ghost Script has been mentioned ;)

[xwhatsit]

Aren't PDF documents specically designed to be read only? To protect the originators rights. PDF formatted docs came out well before DRM was conceived.

Have a look here- http://www.accesspdf.com/links/index.php?category=PDF+Tools&page=3

There's probably a tool there, and good advice, to do the job of changing attritutes of the file. Ghost Script has been mentioned ;)

Nono, I've got no beef with PDF, I use it all the time. Just pointing out that putting DRM on top of open standards (or stuff like PDF, which is about to become an open ISO standard) is really bad form.

[Finn]

Easy if you have Distiller. Just open the PDF file and print it to the PDF writer.

[bert_is_evil]

Funny, I just tried emailing it to my hotmail address to see if it was too big to be sent from work, came back with this (I knew motorcycles could be dirty, but not like this...):

Your email message to "xxxxxx" <xxxxxx@hotmail.com> has been delivered.

However it was identified by our content filtering processes as containing language that may be considered inappropriate for business-like communication. It is possible that the recipient(s) may not have received it if they run similar filtering processes. You may want to confirm with the recipient(s) that they have received the email correctly.

A copy of this email has been redirected to an administration queue which is randomly scanned for inappropriate mail and objectionable material.

Email that fails to comply with <My employer..> corporate policy may result in disciplinary action being taken.

The <my employer> corporate email policy can be found at http://intranet.xxxxx.co.nz/intranet/cda/top/contentPage/0,1533,10274,00.html


The content which caused this to happen was List:Reputation Protection Keywords Found the expression "cock" 2 times, at 2 points each, for an expression score of 4 points.
Found the expression "screw" 20 times, at 3 points each, for an expression score of 60 points.
================================================== ===========
Total Message Score: 64 points.

[Ixion]

So if I need to send an email to a motorcycle parts supplier asking if they can supply some screws for my fuel petcock, I'd be in trouble?

[xwhatsit]

Funny, I just tried emailing it to my hotmail address to see if it was too big to be sent from work, came back with this (I knew motorcycles could be dirty, but not like this...):

Your email message to "xxxxxx" <xxxxxx@hotmail.com> has been delivered.

However it was identified by our content filtering processes as containing language that may be considered inappropriate for business-like communication. It is possible that the recipient(s) may not have received it if they run similar filtering processes. You may want to confirm with the recipient(s) that they have received the email correctly.

A copy of this email has been redirected to an administration queue which is randomly scanned for inappropriate mail and objectionable material.

Email that fails to comply with <my employer=""> corporate policy may result in disciplinary action being taken.

The <my employer=""> corporate email policy can be found at http://intranet.xxxxx.co.nz/intranet/cda/top/contentPage/0,1533,10274,00.html


The content which caused this to happen was List:Reputation Protection Keywords Found the expression "cock" 2 times, at 2 points each, for an expression score of 4 points.
Found the expression "screw" 20 times, at 3 points each, for an expression score of 60 points.
================================================== ===========
Total Message Score: 64 points.

Bahahah! Telecom just got stick for this in Sunday's Herald. Some woman (web designer, was it?) kept getting her email filtered like this because her name was `Gay Hamilton'. Unbelievable. It's so strange that companies still persist with this type of filtering when those Net-nanny type products of the early 2000s failed so miserably.
</my></my></xxxxxx@hotmail.com>

[bert_is_evil]

Call me foul-mouthed but I get these emails all the time, I even got one for a news article I sent to a friend that had the word "nasty" in it too many times.

[riffer]

Have you got a Macintosh?

A little known security issue regarding the MacOsX operating system.

The Colorsync profiling application will open a PDF.

Unfortunately it doesn't read the security DRM in the PDF file.

Open the file, save it again.

Hey presto - no DRM whatsoever.

tee hee.

[Finn]

Funny, I just tried emailing it to my hotmail address to see if it was too big to be sent from work, came back with this (I knew motorcycles could be dirty, but not like this...):

Your email message to "xxxxxx" <xxxxxx@hotmail.com> has been delivered.

However it was identified by our content filtering processes as containing language that may be considered inappropriate for business-like communication. It is possible that the recipient(s) may not have received it if they run similar filtering processes. You may want to confirm with the recipient(s) that they have received the email correctly.

A copy of this email has been redirected to an administration queue which is randomly scanned for inappropriate mail and objectionable material.

Email that fails to comply with <My employer..> corporate policy may result in disciplinary action being taken.

The <my employer> corporate email policy can be found at http://intranet.xxxxx.co.nz/intranet/cda/top/contentPage/0,1533,10274,00.html


The content which caused this to happen was List:Reputation Protection Keywords Found the expression "cock" 2 times, at 2 points each, for an expression score of 4 points.
Found the expression "screw" 20 times, at 3 points each, for an expression score of 60 points.
================================================== ===========
Total Message Score: 64 points.

That's really sad. If only businesses focused on the real issues...

[jrandom]

That's really sad. If only businesses focused on the real issues...

If I ever discover that any business I have a shareholding in is burning resources scanning emails for the word 'cock', I'm running screaming.

Also, if I ever discover that any such business's R&D staff are wasting valuable company time on a biker forum...

Hang on.

Fuck.

[Big Dave]

Further explanation? PostScript was developed between Adobe and Apple, if that's what you mean

They supported the apple platform when no-one much else would.

[bert_is_evil]

Have you got a Macintosh?

A little known security issue regarding the MacOsX operating system.

The Colorsync profiling application will open a PDF.

Unfortunately it doesn't read the security DRM in the PDF file.

Open the file, save it again.

Hey presto - no DRM whatsoever.

tee hee.

Ah sweet! Thanks for that

[Big Dave]

tee hee.

Morons don't know what they lost do they.

[Squeak the Rat]

Company like telecum is damned if it does/doesn't.

They'll get slack for blocking emails to mr cockswabler sent by mrs gay sword and they'll get upset, but if they turn it off and some disgruntled employee sends out an email to a customer then the whole country will be up in arms waving their hands above their heads calling for the resignation of whatever puppet runs the show now.



Dear Mr C***Face

Telecom is sick of you ringing up and complaining. You are a whinging cock smoker fagwad and we are sick of your high expectations that our staff know what they are talking about, and actually deliver on promises. You can take your business and stick it up your big fat hairy arse.

Kind regard,
Steve

[bert_is_evil]

Dear Mr C***Face

Telecom is sick of you ringing up and complaining. You are a whinging cock smoker fagwad and we are sick of your high expectations that our staff know what they are talking about, and actually deliver on promises. You can take your business and stick it up your big fat hairy arse.

Kind regard,
Steve

Have you been intercepting my emails:mellow:

[Street Gerbil]

Upload the pdf somewhere and post the link. I will see what I can do.

[bert_is_evil]

Hey everyone, thanks heaps for all of your offers to help - am currently looking at the mac option and will see how I go, otherwise you may receive a PM from me...