Embed fonts late in existing PDF-document

Hello,
I already searched for hours to find a way to embed fonts in existing pdf-documents.
I tryed it in these ways:
1. Creating a PS-file out of the PDF-file and the creating a PDF-file out of the PS-file --> it doesn't work, because the PS-file can not be created
2. editing the PDF-file via the adobe sdk wich is installed whith the AdobeAcrobatStandard9 --> I don't find a way to set the fonts to embedded
I now that it is possible to embed the fonts while open the pdf-document manually and edit it with the TouchUp-Tool. But this way we can not handle, because we need to edit thousands of documents. So we need a solution wich works as a CommandLine-Tool or so.
I hope anyone have an idea and can help me
Thanks a lot
Clemens

Acrobat 9 Standard does not have the capability. It is, however,
available as part of Acrobat 9 Professional. That solution can also be
used as part of a Batch Process to address your volume needs.
There are no command line options available.
Also, don't forget that Acrobat can NOT be used on a server...

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