[pdftex] Fonts

[Reinhard Kotucha]

>>>>> "Robin" == Robin Fairbairns <Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:

    >> Secondly, does pdflatex provide options to set the security
    >> options of acrobat like disable copy, printing just like one
    >> can specify author name and others of Document Settings etc.

    > no. 

The encryption stuff has been removed from pdfTeX but the question is
whether the PDF format allows to set a flag that inhibits printing.

Encryption is more or less useless, anyway.  Acrobat displays the PDF
file in highest quality, but you need a password for printing.

The same holds true for xpdf, but the difference is that xpdf provides
it's source code.  A reasonable good C-programmer should be able to
print anything that could be displayed on screen without loss of
quality.

Or does the PDF file contain the same information twice:
   Once with limited quality for display on screen and 
   once in high quality (and encrypted) for printing?

I doubt.  And the question is:
Does the PDF spec allow to set a flag that says that printing is
discouraged?  That would be a little bit useful, though not safe at all.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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