pdf-owner-identifier

This single-valued attribute specifies the identifier of the owner of an encrypted PDF document. The owner identifier is associated with a password that is stored in a separate database. An owner password is required to restrict actions with the pdf-protect attribute.

Allowed values

You can enter a text string of 1 - 256 characters. You can enter any combination of letters, numbers, blanks, and special characters that the Password exit allows. Your administrator sets up the Password exit. This text string might be case-sensitive, depending on the Password exit. If the text string you specify contains blanks or special characters (such as @ $ & ( ) > < | ' " #), enclose the text string in single quotation marks. For example:

-j 'pdf-owner-identifier='Nurse-Lee@hospital.com''

If the string contains double quotation marks, enclose the string in single quotation marks.

Default value

The owner identifier that the administrator has specified in the printer definition. If none is specified, there is no default.

Usage guidelines

• The transform encrypts a PDF document when a user identifier, an owner identifier, or both is specified. Encrypting a PDF document protects it from unauthorized access.
• The user and owner identifiers should be different because the passwords must be different.