Printing Document Properties

I need to print a batch of PDFs (approx 200) with the document properties of each displayed on each print out. Is there any easy way to do this without editing each PDF to place this info in the footer?
Thanks in advance!
Anne

Yes you can use JavaScript and the Batch Process in Acrobat Professional to add a water mark with the desired items.
var docTitle = this.info.Title;
var docAuthor = this.info.Author;
var docSubject = this.info.Subject;
var docKeyword = this.info.Keywords;
var docCreator = this.info.Creator;
var docProducer = this.info.Producer;
var docCreationDate = this.info.CreationDate;
var docModDate = this.info.ModDate;
var docTrapped = this.info.Trapped;
var docNumPages = this.numPages;
this.addWatermarkFromText({
cText: "Created: " + docCreationDate + " by " + docAuthor,
nFontSize: 8,
nStart: 0,
nEnd: this.numPages -1,
nTextAlign: app.constants.align.right,
nHorizAlign: app.constants.align.left,
nVertAlign: app.constants.align.bottom,
nHorizValue: 8, nVertValue: 8
this.print();

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