I realize this is a bit late, and I've not read through the article thoroughly, but I thought it might be worth mentioning just to provide another way to approach the problem. This method does not require a module, but does require Adobe Acrobat (not just Reader). It does seem a bit convoluted, but is well documented, and includes examples and resources (with even more options). http://www-4.ibm.com/software/developer/library/pdfs/