I work with a lot of real estate purchase contracts and want to make what do more efficient, yet secure.
I open a contract in Acrobat X in PDF format, fill in the data i need (address, date, etc), then I paste a GIF of my hand-written signature into the document. Then I PRINT to the Adobe PDF printer and under "advanced", I "print as image" at 400 DPI. This creates a new PDF as an IMAGE. I love this format because there is absolutely NO way for other people to extract anything from the document, or see that it was digitally created.
I'm fine with this method but i wonder if there is a way to make this process faster since I do so many of them. Maybe using a javascript button to automatically print the file as an image?
I've explored "flattening" the image, but even that, with the right tools or expertise, can show evidence that it was digitally signed or the signature could be extracted. Password protecting the document is nice and all, but there are password cracks out there so I'd rather not risk that either. Besides, sometimes when the screen refreshes, the boxes around the signature flicker showing it was digitally signed.
I'm basically looking for a way to print to image, at 400dpi (or greater) using a button. Can anyone help this newbie?