On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Aidan Gauland <[email protected]> wrote: > Eliot Blennerhassett wrote: >> >> With recent discussion about PDF forms, I've been reminded of another >> PDF related feature that I'm missing - maybe somebody can give a >> pointer. >> >> That is ability to print from any program to PDF AND specify the >> filename and metadata of the resulting file. >> >> Yes, my standard ubuntu install comes with local printer "PDF", but >> this always puts its output silently into ~/PDF, often with the name >> _stdin.pdf - only just OK for me to comprehend, and beyond other >> users... > > I believe that pdftk can edit the meta-data of PDF files, but I'm not > certain about that. It's a command-line program, but there is (are?) a > separate GUI(s) for it, if you don't want to use the command-line. Of > course, if you use pdftk, you could only edit PDF files *after* they are > generated.
The kprinter pdf engine prompts for a user name, not sure about metadata. You can however specify any command to the printer function.
