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Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Scott Bulmer — Fri, 19 May 2023 20:23:41 GMT

I couldn't find anything on this, but I hopeful it exists somewhere. I need to distribute sensitive drawings in PDF format, which I don't want copied or printed. This can be somewhat mitigated by having a large watermark present. Do I need to get Acrobat or can it be done within AC10?
Thanks as always,
Scott

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:43:25 GMT

You can both add watermarks and disable editing and printing of PDFs with the Amyuni printer driver that comes with ArchiCAD.

If you right click the printer in Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > Properties > General Tab > Printing Preferences

Check out the Watermarks and Security tabs.

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Scott Bulmer — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:11:15 GMT

SuperJasE wrote:
You can both add watermarks and disable editing and printing of PDFs with the Amyuni printer driver that comes with ArchiCAD.

If you right click the printer in Control Panel > Printers and Faxes > Properties > General Tab > Printing Preferences

Check out the Watermarks and Security tabs.

SuperJasE
Thank you for the idea which seems like it should work, however when I attempt your suggestion, the 'Apply' button within the watermark tab is greyed out and does not allow for a water mark to be added. Is there something else I could be missing? I tested publisher output with the Amyuni printer after simply selecting OK on the watermark settings without luck. Does it work for you?

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:44:06 GMT

I tried this in the Watermark Tab Page of the Amyuni driver's Settings Dialog and it allowed me to set Watermark settings and save them, too.
You could try to uninstall and reinstall the driver, that might help.

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:12:25 GMT

I have never used this before, as I have Acrobat Pro, but I just tried. I could get the watermark, but I couldn't seem to get the encryption working, so the watermark could always be removed. The Apply button was greyed out on mine too, but I just pressed OK.

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Scott Bulmer — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:30:15 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
I tried this in the Watermark Tab Page of the Amyuni driver's Settings Dialog and it allowed me to set Watermark settings and save them, too.
You could try to uninstall and reinstall the driver, that might help.

Thanks Laszlo, but before I spend time on that I noticed that my driver version is 2.09c, with the current at 2.5 on the Amyuni site. I spoke with Amyuni about updating, but they stated that updating had to be achieved through the vendor Graphisoft. I'm not seeing where this can be accomplished on the Graphisoft site. So....at your convenance, could you please direct me to the Graphisoft Amyuni driver update page?
Your comments are always appreciated.
Scott

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:15:57 GMT

Yes, I guess Graphisoft is not licencing the latest version of the driver for Archicad 10.
There is no separate Amyuni download that I am aware of, the Amyuni installation file comes with the Archicad package.

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:19:39 GMT

To reinstall the supplied driver:

Start > Run > "C:\Program Files\Graphisoft\ArchiCAD 10\PDF Converter\Install\Install.exe" should do it, if it is installed in the default location. Or you could navigate to it and double click on Install.exe.

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 17:54:03 GMT

Off-Topic: SuperJasE: I like your smoking-lightning fast machine!!

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Scott Bulmer — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:47:53 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
Off-Topic: smoking-lightning fast machine!!

Where do you even get floppies anymore?.....

Anyway, I completed the reinstall of the Amyuni driver with the same lame results. For some reason this will not work on my system, and I have to believe I'm not the only one.
Thanks again.

Re: Watermark in PDF Output from AC10

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:18:10 GMT

laszlonagy wrote:
Off-Topic: SuperJasE: I like your smoking-lightning fast machine!!

Thanks Laszlo, I built it myself. I like to keep with the bleeding edge technology

Scott, maybe you should try looking for another PDF printer driver that do watermarks and encryption. I know that there are some free ones out there, but I'm not sure if they can do this.

But don't forget, there is a 30-day free trial of Acrobat 3D! I'm going to try it out myself:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat3d/