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LaserJet Pro MFP M426fdw
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

How does one add date and time stamps to thier print jobs?

 

I work as a process server and I need a date and time stamp on my documents.

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All done with whatever software you are using to print with.

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I am using Windows 10 to print my PDF's from the Chrome browser, who's software are you refering too?

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The program you bring up and then hit print with.  That program.

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So there's no way to add this to the device itself to add date and time stamp?

 

As I stated I uses Windows 10 and I uses Google Chrome browser to log into my company website and print out my PDF. Where are the settings for date and time stamp. In Chrome?

 

I know if I print out a webpage it automatcally adds a date and time stamp to a web page thats being printed, but not to a PDF thats open in a browser.

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Well what ever PDF program you use, call the manufacturer and ask them.  Printers get their data FROM the computer.

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Doesn't sound pretty simple when I get a 404 error message on that link.

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http://smallbusiness.chron.com/print-date-time-stamps-pdf-55986.html

 

https://forums.adobe.com/thread/734547

 

I searched:   how to put time stamp on pdf document when printing??  these two were at the top of the results.

 

A breakdown is here:

 

Using Adobe Reader
Step 1

Open the PDF that you want to insert a times tamp in, and then navigate to the page where you want to display the time stamp. Click the "View" menu, click "Comment," and then click "Annotations." Reader displays controls for adding time stamps.

Step 2

Click the stamp icon in the Annotations panel, click the "Dynamic" stamp category, and then click one of the time stamp formats from the list that appears. Reader attaches the stamp to your mouse. Click the mouse to place the stamp, which shows the current date and time.

Step 3

Save and close the PDF.

Using Adobe Acrobat
Step 1

Open the PDF you want to add a time stamp to.

Step 2

Click the "View" menu, click "Comment," and then click "Annotations." Click the Annotation panel's stamp icon, and then click the "Create" command from the Custom Stamps category.

Step 3

Select your business logo or another image from the Select Image window's "File" control. Click "OK" to display the Create Custom Stamp window.

Step 4

Click the "Dynamic" category from the "Category" control, and then click "OK" to create the stamp. The stamp doesn't appear at this point; you've created it, but haven't inserted it into the document.

Step 5

Press "Ctrl-O," and then navigate to the folder %APPDATA%\Adobe\Acrobat\11.0\Stamps. Double-click the PDF in this folder to load it into Acrobat. This PDF contains your new stamp, which you can see by observing the image you chose for the stamp.

Step 6

Click "View | Tools | Forms | Create," and then follow the prompts to designate the current PDF as a form.

Step 7

Click "Text box" from the "Add New Field" control, and then click the center of your stamp image to insert the text box. Click this control's "All properties" link, and then click the "Calculate" tab of the Properties dialog box.

Step 8

Click the "Custom" option, and then click "Edit." Paste the following string in the in the "Create text" area: event.value = util.printd('hh:MM:ss, dddd, mmmm dd, yyyy', new Date()); You can also type over these formatting codes to create your own format (see Tips).

Step 9

Click "OK," and then click "Close." Save and close the stamp file. Acrobat re-activates the document in which you're inserting the time stamp.

Step 10

Click the Annotation panel's stamp icon again, and then click the "Dynamic" category to see a thumbnail image of your time stamp. Click that image, and then click your document to insert the time stamp in the document. Save and close the document.

 

 

 

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