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On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:25:48 -0800, AES wrote:
> In article <1ipvmql.159cffh1g948cgN%nospam@see.signature>,
>  nospam@see.signature (Richard Maine) wrote:

>> 
>> But are you sure that preview won't let you do the print to pdf thing? I
>> 

> Just as one data point, FWIW:  

> If I open _any_ PDF document with Acrobat 7.0 Standard under OS 
> 10.4.11and select File >> Print, the Acrobat Print dialog box that opens 
> does have the usual Preview button and the "PDF" drop down menu button 
> down at the bottom (along with other options plus a kind of preview pane 
> in the dialog itself), and these buttons are not greyed out.

> But if I attempt to select either the Preview button or the Save as PDF 
> option in the PDF drop-down menu, I get a message "Preview [or Save to 
> PDF] is not supported".  

> I can go ahead and print to a printer from the Acrobat Print dialog 
> itself, but these Mac-specific options definitely do not work.

Yes, I can confirm that I have seen this happen with web-based pdf
documents that were not save-enabled.  I don't think there was a password
required in the case I saw, but "print to PDF" was definitely not
allowed.

> So far as I can tell, this occurs for _all_ PDF documents, not just 
> password-protected ones.

That is not true.  Ordinary pdf documents do allow "print to PDF", but
that seems rather pointless if you already have a copy.  You could just
use the Finder to create a duplicate.


-- 
Dave Seaman
Third Circuit ignores precedent in Mumia Abu-Jamal ruling.
<http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/29/18489281.php>