PDF File Format Specific Features - Black Ice ColorPlus and PDF Printer Drivers

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File descriptions

In the PDF Settings window, under the Description tab, you can specify the meta data of the PDF document such as title, author, subject and keywords.

Title: Title of the PDF document.
Author: You can specify the author of the document.
Subject: Short description of the PDF document.
Keywords: Here you can add keywords for your document. Search engines will look for these keywords.

Encryption and password handling

PDF 1.5 documents support using up to two passwords for a document: an owner access password and a user access password. When a user opens an encrypted PDF file, password input will be asked from that user. Entering either the user or owner password will enable opening the document and displaying its contents on the screen. Opening a document with the user password however will limit possible additional operations on the document, depending on what the document’s creator has restricted.

Read more about encryption and password handling.

Supported document compression types

It is possible to compress PDF documents in order to reduce the file size and thus lowering storage or transportation costs. The Black Ice PDF Printer Drivers support different industry standard compression formats for the different parts of PDF documents.

Read more about supported PDF compression types.

Font embedding and subsetting

Embedding fonts into the PDF document ensures transporting them together with the PDF file. When a consumer application on an other computer opens the document it can extract the fonts from the PDF file and use the extracted fonts to display the document the same way as it was displayed on the original computer. Font embedding increases file size, however it is possible to embed only those characters of a font which are used in the document. This partial font is called a "font subset".

Read more about font embedding and subsetting.