Is it possible that the encrypt PDF documents to prevent someone from modifying it and then claiming "This document came from FTCU, so you owe me."? I have encountered protected PDF documents from other businesses (non-financial) protected from changes. I assumed that it was for similar reasons.
-Denis On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 2:40 AM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > You shy away from naming the bank ... > My bank - First Tech FCU encrypts the statements and restricts their > printing in PDF. > I have no idea why would one wanted to do this, they apparently do no > have any idea themselves too. > However, they also do not seem to be able to do anything about it. > I do wonder why I trust them with my money, when they do not > what/why/how they operate the business. > Technically: > The encryption, which is needed to enforce their stupid anti-print DRM > rule uses empty password - thankfully. > So every now and then, I use following qpdf in a bash script to strip > off that nonsensical DRM: > https://github.com/tomas-kuchta/decryptPdfs/blob/master/decryptPdfs.bas > h > If your problem is identical fell free to reuse/learn from the code. > Tomas > On Sat, 2017-07-08 at 12:58 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > > I download monthly business account statements from my bank's > > website as > > PDF files and save them with names I give them. (My names are > > different from > > the string of numbers the bank gives them.) For a reason I've not yet > > found, > > they will not print from the command line (lpr) nor from within xpdf. > > They > > display in the CUPS jobs page as 'rendering completed' but never make > > it to > > the printer. Using MasterPDFEditor I can print them. However, despite > > MPE > > being configured to print double-sided they come out single sided. > > > > If you have any thoughts on why a) they won't print using lpr or > > that > > command within xpdf or b) why they print single-sided while the > > printer is > > configured for double-sided printing please share them with me. > > > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
