Removing printer marks from a PDF file [closed]

Question

I need to remove the printer marks from a PDF file. I am using Acrobat 9 Professional to open the PDF, but there is no option for removing the printer marks although there is option to add new printer marks.

I googled and found that there is a third-party plugin "Enfocus PitStop" which when installed is added to Adobe Acrobat and provides an option to remove the print marks, but that software is quite costly.

Is there any way I can remove the printer marks programmatically or through the Adobe Acrobat 9.0 interface?

Answer 1

I was able to remove them by directly editing the pdf file in Textpad (Notepad might work also) and changing the values for the /cropbox setting. It has 4 values after it for left, top, right and bottom crop positions and mine were set the same as the preceeding /mediabox values. I was able to add 120 to the first two values and take 120 off the second two and that cropped the page when it was next opened in Acrobat Reader. It might need a bit of trial and error to get the correct values but it did the trick for me. Just change the first one and once it's correct you can do a scan/replace to change the value for the other pages. Could be an option for people if you have no way of editing it via Acrobat, either because the file is protected or because you don't have access to the pro version.

Answer 2

How to Manually Remove Printers Marks in Adobe Acrobat

Open File Save File As (rename to preserve original)

Go to: Document > Crop Pages In the first drop down box, select trim box (or other as necessary) Adjust the margin numbers as needed to save required bleeds Note the margin numbers.

Close the window

Go to: View > Navigation Panels > Content Move window out of your way so you can see your .pdf and this box Zoom in on .pdf so you can see detail Go back to Content window Click the + next to .pdf name Click the + next to the page number *This will now show the various parts of the .pdf. Select any component and right click Select highlight content. *Your page will now jump to that item and put a small box around it.

Scroll through content to find all printer marks to be removed. (I suggest starting at the bottom and viewing each item to identify a group. (the bottom 5 “paths) for example. Select them all and delete them)

All Printer Marks should now be removed. Close the Content window

Go to: Document > Crop Pages Type in the top crop dimension you obtained earlier and hit ENTER. Continue for the Bottom, Left and Right Sides.

*Note – I was not able to enter all dimensions at once and have the crop actually executed.

Save File

Answer 3

If you mean registration watermarks, either you have to crack the software (which I am not telling you to do) or you have to buy it. Usually, free pdf writers/editors include a watermark unless you buy the product. If however you wanted a free pdf printer, try CutePDF. I at least think this is what you are asking about.

Answer 4

I Just automated this process for a 40 page PDF in Acrobat Pro without plug-ins.

Open your Tools pane click Pages > Crop > Draw a box around your content, double click and apply to all pages. Quick and easy!

Answer 5

I know this is an old question, but I just had to remove the registration/bleed marks on a 155 page PDF file, and figured I'd share my solution. This is in Acrobat Pro 10.1

Since the document was meant for 8.5 x 11 paper, I went

1. File > Print
2. Printer: Adobe PDF
3. Pages: All
4. Size Options: Actual size

As long as the registration marks are accurate for the size of the paper you're "printing" to, the result should be a new PDF with pages that fall within the registration marks, effectively cropping them all off.

Answer 6

In case anyone also has the issue, that they need to have the contents outside of the dropbox really removed, I came across this post: http://www.proficiografik.com/2009/11/17/acrobat-9-when-the-crop-tool-is-not-cropping-and-how-to-fix-it.html

It includes a preflight setting which completely removes ANY objects outside of the crop / trim / media box and sets the boundary to the trim box. Any other solution just HIDES the contents, but does not remove them, which cause them to re-appear in e.g. Ipad applications.

I prefer to do the cropping in Acrobat, because Ghostscript sometimes has problems in processing certain PDFs.