> Are you using Debian? If so install the package gs-pdfencrypt - > it lets gs decrypt enecrypted pdfs (its probably the patch > that gs told you about ). If you're not using Debian, see > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~geoffk/pdfencrypt/. The patch looks > easy to install. No. Redhat 6.2. Tried Debian but didn't have time to learn a new configuration. This looks like the patch. Does Ghostscript display PDF's without Xwindows? I would rather not take up the space on my drive to convert them all. sim