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From: Dick Margulis <margul...@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Extracting Images from a Password Protected PDF
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:08:20 -0400
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faceman28...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I got a PDF document from the government through FOIA. It's about 20
> pages of scanned text.
> 
> I would like to extract the pages and OCR them.
> 
> I tried XPDF to extract the images but it gave me an error saying the
> file was password protected.
> 
> The Feds gave me a password protected PDF and claim they know nothing
> about the password.
> 
> How to proceed?

You could wait until the new administration comes in next January and 
ask the Feds again. You might get a friendlier and more helpful answer. <g>

Meanwhile, can't you just print the document, then scan the printed 
pages and OCR them?