pdf-user-identifier

This single-valued attribute specifies the identifier of the user of an encrypted PDF document. The user identifier is associated with a password that is stored in a separate database. The user enters the user password when opening the encrypted PDF document.

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 or double quotation marks. For example:

-j "pdf-user-identifier='Dr-Smith@hospital.com'"

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

Default value

The user identifier that the administrator has specified in the printer definition. If none is specified, any user can open the PDF document without a password.

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.