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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
I just want to print PDF from Windows without my name in the PDF!
When I use the Windows 10 PDF drivers, I get a PDF with my name in the Adobe Acrobat Reader File Properties Description Author field. I don't want my name in the properties, but Adobe Acrobat Reader doesn't let me remove it. What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy? |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:46:25 +0000 (UTC), harry newton
wrote: I just want to print PDF from Windows without my name in the PDF! When I use the Windows 10 PDF drivers, I get a PDF with my name in the Adobe Acrobat Reader File Properties Description Author field. I don't want my name in the properties, but Adobe Acrobat Reader doesn't let me remove it. What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy? Use the free version of PDFCreator http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator When installing it, pay attention to deselect PDF Architect and to deselect / skip installation of additional software. When printing to PDFCreator, in the save dialog you have the ability to change/delete the Author name. -- Gianni |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
"harry newton" wrote
|I just want to print PDF from Windows without my name in the PDF! | I use Libre Office Writer for creating PDFs. Other than adding "Libre Office" and "Writer" to the properties it only shows obvious things like file size, name, etc. Another good idea is don't use your name as the username on the system. I usually set people up with something like "Default". That way programs that impose without asking, like Acrobat or MS Word, won't be so problematic. Logging on as "Harry Newton" is a feature for keeping track of corporate employees, after all. You know who you are. You don't need your name plastered all over your own computer. |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
harry newton wrote:
I just want to print PDF from Windows without my name in the PDF! When I use the Windows 10 PDF drivers, I get a PDF with my name in the Adobe Acrobat Reader File Properties Description Author field. I don't want my name in the properties, but Adobe Acrobat Reader doesn't let me remove it. What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy? Print to PostScript, sanitize metadata (with Notepad), distill to PDF with GhostScript. You will need a PostScript print driver. Paul |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
He who is Paul said on Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:50:18 -0500:
Print to PostScript, sanitize metadata (with Notepad), distill to PDF with GhostScript. You will need a PostScript print driver. That's far easier said than actually done on Windows 10. Microsoft has no clue: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/postscript-driver-for-windows-10/25d30793-4055-4035-ac0b-9eb549fb510c?auth=1 Adobe no longer supports Windows PSCRIPT5.DLL: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/738232 Winsteng.exe used to work: winsteng.exe http://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=1500 Winsteng.exe no longer works: https://www.file-extensions.org/article/how-to-install-a-virtual-postscript-printer-in-windows It seems that it's not possible to print to PostScript in Windows 10. At least from those pages it does. |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
The videos YOU linked to showing how poorly Android handles even part of the
stated task poorly: https://youtu.be/cywLOctCrCs https://youtu.be/bYDvgoYSVSU https://youtu.be/G0sKTWfHHnk https://youtu.be/TfvtREsCQDY Those videos claim Android handles the task so poorly that to even get the first line requires extra hardware. You even claimed the list "goes on forever". Wow... YOU showed Android is far worse at this than I thought! And now that you get that you are having a very emotional toddler tantrum. Which I am feeding. |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
harry newton wrote:
He who is Paul said on Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:50:18 -0500: Print to PostScript, sanitize metadata (with Notepad), distill to PDF with GhostScript. You will need a PostScript print driver. That's far easier said than actually done on Windows 10. Microsoft has no clue: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/postscript-driver-for-windows-10/25d30793-4055-4035-ac0b-9eb549fb510c?auth=1 Adobe no longer supports Windows PSCRIPT5.DLL: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/738232 Winsteng.exe used to work: winsteng.exe http://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=1500 Winsteng.exe no longer works: https://www.file-extensions.org/article/how-to-install-a-virtual-postscript-printer-in-windows It seems that it's not possible to print to PostScript in Windows 10. At least from those pages it does. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/solutions/b...tions/upd.html "The HP UPD is available in PCL5, PCL6, and Postscript emulation, and supports current Windows client and server operating systems (32‑bit and 64-bit), as well as Novell and Citrix. Local language drivers are available in 35 languages." At first I had trouble with some version of that. I was getting "bitmap" Postscript prints, not vector. But I played around with the settings and eventually got regular (quality) Postscript from it. The driver was originally written by Microsoft, and is given to OEMs so they can use it as the basis for a driver. So while HP is taking a bow there, the work underneath might not be 100% theirs. Once the driver is installed, you need to get it to "Print to File" and not go looking for a physical printer. That's part of the puzzle you have to solve. This is not a 10 minute job, and there will be a bit of research. I'd try to dig up more info for you, but I don't know which OS has that config on it right now. I didn't put it everywhere. Paul |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
He who is Gianni Turri said on Wed, 29 Nov 2017 01:14:47 +0100:
Use the free version of PDFCreator http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator When installing it, pay attention to deselect PDF Architect and to deselect / skip installation of additional software. When printing to PDFCreator, in the save dialog you have the ability to change/delete the Author name. Thanks. Here's my log file. http://download.pdfforge.org/downloa...Creator-stable version 3.0.2. Free. Contains ads. 28.8 MB Click Expert settings when installing to set location & options It will ask the PDF/BMP/PS printer name (default = PDFCreator) It will default to the silly location C:\Program Files\PDFCreator Change to c:\apps\editor\pspdf\pdfcreator\ (requires 57.2MB) Turn off the items which are on by default: [x]application files 37.6MB (grayed out) [x]PDF Architect 5 63.9MB [x]Firefox integration 0.1 MB [x]Internet Explorer integration 0.4MB Check [x]Create a desktop shortcut (for all users or for the current user only) Uncheck: [x]Create a Quick Launch shortcut [x]Create an entry in the Windows Explorer context menu Click "No thanks" when it asks you to install "PDF Architect" again. (Rotate, move, and delete pages, and merge multiple PDFs) Then watch out as the installation asks you to install something called "Ad-Aware Web Companion" (which you can press "Skip"). It then pops up a box asking you to buy PDF Architect. Then move the desktop icon into your Start menu: Start editor pspdf PDFCreator Now when you print, you'll have a new choice of printers: PDFCreator The first time you print using that printer driver, you'll get a popup which you can edit. There is a "Metadata" section which defaults to: Title = PrintJobName Author = PrintJobAuthor Remove both those entries, and Save the default profile. The result will have the file name but not the owner name. So far it doesn't seem to have phoned home but I didn't run all the checks. |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
The videos YOU linked to showing how poorly Android handles even part of the
stated task poorly: https://youtu.be/cywLOctCrCs https://youtu.be/bYDvgoYSVSU https://youtu.be/G0sKTWfHHnk https://youtu.be/TfvtREsCQDY Those videos claim Android handles the task so poorly that to even get the first line requires extra hardware. You even claimed the list "goes on forever". Wow... YOU showed Android is far worse at this than I thought! And now that you get that you are having a very emotional toddler tantrum. Which I am feeding. |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
Paul wrote:
harry newton wrote: He who is Paul said on Tue, 28 Nov 2017 21:50:18 -0500: Print to PostScript, sanitize metadata (with Notepad), distill to PDF with GhostScript. You will need a PostScript print driver. That's far easier said than actually done on Windows 10. Microsoft has no clue: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-hardware/postscript-driver-for-windows-10/25d30793-4055-4035-ac0b-9eb549fb510c?auth=1 Adobe no longer supports Windows PSCRIPT5.DLL: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/738232 Winsteng.exe used to work: winsteng.exe http://supportdownloads.adobe.com/detail.jsp?ftpID=1500 Winsteng.exe no longer works: https://www.file-extensions.org/article/how-to-install-a-virtual-postscript-printer-in-windows It seems that it's not possible to print to PostScript in Windows 10. At least from those pages it does. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/solutions/b...tions/upd.html "The HP UPD is available in PCL5, PCL6, and Postscript emulation, and supports current Windows client and server operating systems (32‑bit and 64-bit), as well as Novell and Citrix. Local language drivers are available in 35 languages." At first I had trouble with some version of that. I was getting "bitmap" Postscript prints, not vector. But I played around with the settings and eventually got regular (quality) Postscript from it. The driver was originally written by Microsoft, and is given to OEMs so they can use it as the basis for a driver. So while HP is taking a bow there, the work underneath might not be 100% theirs. Once the driver is installed, you need to get it to "Print to File" and not go looking for a physical printer. That's part of the puzzle you have to solve. This is not a 10 minute job, and there will be a bit of research. I'd try to dig up more info for you, but I don't know which OS has that config on it right now. I didn't put it everywhere. Paul The one I used on Windows 7 at the time was upd-ps-x64-6.1.0.20062.exe (21,269,720 bytes) And this is what it looks like. https://s18.postimg.org/jww7taxzd/universal_PS.gif The Whe field says "FILE" and there was some trick to it that I don't remember. Because you don't want it looking for an actual printer. Paul |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
He who is Paul said on Tue, 28 Nov 2017 22:47:20 -0500:
Once the driver is installed, you need to get it to "Print to File" and not go looking for a physical printer. That's part of the puzzle you have to solve. This is not a 10 minute job, and there will be a bit of research. Thanks Paul. It seemed so promising a road to go down, that I traveled the road, following all the signs, until it stopped me at a dead end of sorts (which you predicted). I first went he http://www8.hp.com/us/en/solutions/b...tions/upd.html Which had this download page for an "HP Universal Print Driver" https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers.../model/4157320 Specifically this file: http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/softwa....5.0.22695.exe Named: upd-ps-x64-6.5.0.22695.exe HP Universal Print Driver for Windows PostScript (64-bit), Win10 version 6.5.0.22695, 18.9 MB, Sep 26, 2017 Doubleclicking on that file brings up a WinZip Dialog which defaults to: c:\HP Universal Print Driver\ps-x64-6.5.0.22695\ Which has an "install.exe" which when doubleclicked says: "Welcome to the HP Universal Printing Setup Wizard" Whose choices a (_) Traditional Mode - Creates a regular printer object in your Printers folder. With this mode, you select the destination printer now, and it remains fixed. (o) Dynamic Mode - Creates a special "Universal Printer" object in your Printers folder. With this mode, you can dynamically select your destination printer each time you print. (_) USB mode - Plug and Play When you hit "Next", you see a dialog saying "Copying files" for "HP Universal Printing PS". Then it pops up the Windows: Control Panel All Control Panel Items Devices and Printers "HP Universal Printing PS" Bringing up a text file, I press "File Print" and it allows me to choose the printer "HP Universal Printing PS" and [x]Print to file. The default file name extension is *.prn But then, it asked me to "find" a printer. And it pops up a file system browser. What? How am I supposed to find a printer on my file system? |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
The videos YOU linked to showing how poorly Android handles even part of the
stated task poorly: https://youtu.be/cywLOctCrCs https://youtu.be/bYDvgoYSVSU https://youtu.be/G0sKTWfHHnk https://youtu.be/TfvtREsCQDY Those videos claim Android handles the task so poorly that to even get the first line requires extra hardware. You even claimed the list "goes on forever". Wow... YOU showed Android is far worse at this than I thought! And now that you get that you are having a very emotional toddler tantrum. Which I am feeding. |
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What's the easiest way to print PDFs on Windows 10 with privacy?
"harry newton" wrote
I just want to print PDF from Windows without my name in the PDF! I use Libre Office Writer for creating PDFs. Other than adding "Libre Office" and "Writer" to the properties it only shows obvious things like file size, name, etc. This approach offers the same settings as Adobe Acrobat and other PDF editors, but it's missing the file description tab in the dialog for entering/editing these document properties... Title Author Subject Subject (or as in LibreOffice; Base URL) Keywords -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org Classic VB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion |
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Oops.., correction
Title Author Subject Subject (or as in Nuance Power PDF; Base URL) Keywords -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org Classic VB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion |
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PDF Creator
On 29/11/2017 8:14 AM, Gianni Turri wrote:
Use the free version of PDFCreator http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator And use older versions to escape from ads... I think it's 0.9.6! -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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