Xerox 5 User Manual

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VI PDF Originator User’s GuideFreeFlow Variable Information Suite 5.0 (7/2006) VIPO-53Using VIPO and Adobe Distiller“Using VIPO and Adobe Distiller” explains how to use VIPO with Acrobat Distiller. Thesetopics are covered:• PDF security options• Adobe Distiller and fontsPDF security optionsThe PDF Splitter module supports PDF Security features.You can set one of these password options in PDF documents generated with AcrobatDistiller:• User passwords• Owner or Master passwordsA User password “locks” the file and restricts file open and read access. If this passwordis set, the document cannot be opened unless the password is supplied.An Owner or Master password “locks” all of the PDF document security settings in thefile. If this password is set, none of the document’s security options can be changedunless the password is supplied.To configure Acrobat Distiller to generate PDF files with security settings and optionalpassword protection, the passwords must be supplied to VIPO so that the original file canbe processed and split into smaller PDF “child” documents.A User password must be defined in the VIPO Configuration file for VIPO to use it to openand read the PDF files that have file open and read access restrictions. The Userpassword is used only to open and read PDF documents for splitting purposes; VIPO willnot transfer this password to any PDF file generated as a result of the split process. Thismeans that while the original PDF file may have been produced with a User password,none of the split files generated will have the User password set.This allows you to generate “parent” PDF files using Distiller, which contains asite-specific “global” User password for security purposes; however, the generated splitfiles will not inherit the password.If an Owner/Master password is defined in the VIPO Configuration file, VIPO will use thispassword to process the original PDF file and will transfer the password to each of thesplit files generated. Thus, all “child” PDF documents will inherit not only all the securitysettings of the “parent” PDF file, but will also have the Owner/Master password set(security settings passed on to “child” PDF documents do NOT include the User/Openpassword). Those security settings are “locked;” regular users cannot change the settingsunless they know the password.