PDF/Distiller question

Is there any to look at a PDF file and know if it was exported directly from, in this case, Photoshop or from Distiller? Thank you.

Hi
On a mac - open PDF
goto file menu - scroll down to properties - and look in the 'description' tab
this usually will show the application creator
cheers

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ejuozaitis wrote:
First do you have to have Acrobat Pro installed on the server to use the APIs.
You need Acrobat installed in order to use the APIs in the Acrobat SDK - however, section 2.3 of the Acrobat EULA forbids it from being used on a server, so you cannot use Acrobat SDK applications on a server.
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(or printing to Adobe PDF, which is actually the same thing but automated).
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Srini-
Thank you for your response, but I'm afraid I'm somewhat confused.
I opened your attached Send CC Email.pdf file in LiveCycle Designer to take a detailed look at it and found the setting you referenced under the Submit tab:
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Just trying to figure out pdf creation from ID - can anyone help.
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Using Distiller has many disadvantages. (1) It's usually a two-step process: First create a PostScript file, then use Distiller. Direct export from InDesign is one step. (2) Distiller strips out and/or doesn't support many features of a modern workflow: Using transparency, including tagging for structure (useful for repurposing a PDF), including metadata, using color management, etc. etc. All of these things are supported by direct export and NOT supported by Distiller. (3) Direct Export lets you use PDF presets or create customized presets. These reduce error and save time.
Distiller was developed at a very early stage in digital publishing, and, for most people, is not desirable or necessary.
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We are facing one issue in the production .
In our application we are generating PDF using FOP. Now this functionality is working fine on the staging server but same is giving problem on the production server.
On the staging/ UAT server PDF is generated fine, but same PDF is generated with question marks (?) in the production.
I am not able to add the pdf files over here. One is generated on the staging server and other is generated on the staging one is containing Question marks.
I will show the relevant parts where there are differences:
ABC, Inc. (Buyer) on UAT but ABC? (Buyer)
It seems to me that the spaces are being converted to ? marks...
Any suggestions on this are welcome

A simple solution would be to add "fake" crop and registration marks in full inking to your design, then convert to PDF. (I did that for a CD cover I made on a laptop with "just" Photoshop.
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OS: XP Pro sp3 and completely up to date.
Acrobat 9 Pro and up to date
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If you take a look at the forum threads, you'll pick up pretty quickly that SaveAs PDF isn't really a recommended way to create a PDF because it has a long history of bugs.
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