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July 17, 2019
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print current date on each page

  • July 17, 2019
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Hi, I'm using Acrobat DC Pro.

How can I set the .pdf  document to print the current date on each printed page?

I have a requirement that the output document from Framemaker 2019 be in .pdf format with hyper linked cross references.

I intend the document to be available to the customer from our company portal. It can be viewed on the portal or pages can be printed. If pages are printed they must be date stamped with the current date. ie, the date the pages were printed. This will tie the pages with the Revision status of the document and give some control over printed copies.

I have looked through the help section and also looked at the Acrobat DC help and a lot of the references to this are quite old.

Is someone able to help me with this or perhaps point me to where this is explained?

Thank you.

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Bernd Alheit
Bernd AlheitCorrect answer
Braniac
July 17, 2019

Read this:

How to print the current date when printing out a file? (Print Production)

Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings
Inspiring
July 19, 2019

This would work if the PDF was downloaded and opened in Acrobat or Reader, but I don't think it would work if viewed and printed from the portal?

If you used InDesign instead of Framemaker, (or placed the Framemaker PDF into InDesign) you could add variable text to include the modification date. The date would change each time the file is saved and exported. It's not exactly what you need, but someone might find it helpful. If the file name was the same as the version number, you could include that as a separate text variable.

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