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PDF Detail Setting

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If [PDF] or [Compact PDF] is selected for file format, you can configure the PDF option settings.

Setting

Description

[Encryption]

Select [ON] to encrypt a file.

  • When [Password] is selected in [Encryption Type], configure the following settings.
    [Password]: Enter the password to restrict access to the file. Create a PDF file that is accessible by specific users who know the password.
    [Permissions Password]: To specify permissions for printing and editing a PDF file, enter an authorization password.

  • When [Digital ID] is selected in [Encryption Type], configure the following settings.
    [Select Digital ID]: Select an E-mail address that contains a digital certificate for encryption.
    [Use Recipient's Digital ID.]: Uses a digital certificate registered in the PDF file sending destination.

  • [Password]: Enter the password to restrict access to the file. Create a PDF file that is accessible by specific users who know the password.

  • [Permissions Password]: To specify permissions for printing and editing a PDF file, enter an authorization password.

  • [Encryption Level]: When specifying permissions for a PDF file, select an encryption level according to the security level that you want to specify.
    If you select [High Level 1] or [High Level 2], you can specify permissions in more detail.

  • [Printing Allowed]: Select whether to permit printing of PDF files.
    If [Encryption Level] is set to [High Level 1] or [High Level 2], you can permit printing of PDF files only in low resolution ([Low Resolution]).

  • [Copy Contents]: Select whether to permit copying of text and image from PDF files.

  • [Encryption Target]: Select the target to be encrypted. Selecting [Other than Metadata] excludes property information from encryption processing.

  • [Changes Allowed]: Select the content of PDF for which modification is permitted.
    If [Encryption Level] is set to [High Level 1] or [High Level 2], you can select the contents to be permitted more detail.

[Digital Signature]

Select [ON] to add a signature (certificate) of this machine to a PDF file. Also, select the signature encryption level from [SHA1] or [SHA256].

You can certify the author of a PDF, and prevent forgery or unauthorized modification.

This function is enabled when a certification is registered on this machine. The E-mail address of the certificate of this machine must match the E-mail address of the administrator.

[Stamp Composition]

Specify this option to print date/time, page number, and header/footer on a PDF.

Select [Text] if you want to compose the text to be printed on a PDF as text. If you select [Image], the text will be composed as an image.

[Outline PDF]

Specify this option to save a file in compact PDF format.

The text is extracted from the original and converted into a vector image.

[PDF Web Optimization]

Specify this option to create a PDF file optimized for Web display.

If a PDF file is optimized to the Web display, the Web browser displays only the first page of a PDF file on the screen before loading all pages.

[Searchable PDF]

Select [ON] to create a searchable PDF file.

  • [Language Setting]: Select a language for OCR processing. Select the language used in the original to correctly recognize text data.

  • [Adjust Rotation]: Select this check box to automatically perform the rotation adjustment for each page based on the direction of text data detected by OCR processing. When the rotation adjustment is disabled, if the specified original orientation does not match the text direction, text data is not recognized correctly.

  • [Document Name Auto Extraction]: Select this check box to automatically export a character string appropriate as a document name from the OCR character recognition result, and specify it as a document name. A document name is assigned automatically based on the character recognition result of the first page, date, time, and serial number.

[PDF/A]

Select [ON] to create a PDF file based on PDF/A.

  • [PDF/A-1a]: Creates a PDF file based on PDF/A-1a.

  • [PDF/A-1b]: Creates a PDF file based on PDF/A-1b.

[PDF Document Properties]

Add meta- information such as a title or author as PDF file properties.

  • [Name]: Enter a title of a PDF file (using up to 64 characters).

  • [Author]: Enter the name of the author of a PDF file (using up to 64 characters). If user authentication is installed on this machine, specify the user name as the author.

  • [Subject]: Enter a subject of a PDF file (using up to 64 characters).

  • [Keyword(s)]: Enter a keyword of a PDF file (using up to 64 characters).

  • To use the following functions, an option is required. For details on the required option, refer to Here.
    [Digital ID] of [Encryption Type], [PDF Document Properties], [PDF/A], [PDF Web Optimization], [Searchable PDF]