I'd like to create a method to check if my client used my specific joboptions to create a PDF.
Is there a way to add some sort of meta data or version data or signature to jobtions so that you get some sort of footprint when somebody uses these joboptions?
UPDATE: The joboptions are created from the PDF-preset window in Adobe photoshop. The joboptions are send to the client with a manual on how to import these options and select them from their own PDF-preset window from any Adobe program.
One possibility could be inserting according values to the metadata of the resulting PDF. There are entries for metadata in the joboptions file. However, an almost 4 years old entry in the Adobe forums did not trigger any answers; you'd have to try things out, after getting familiar with the joboptions syntax.
You may also have to be aware that joboptions are only used in Distiller. If your user uses another way to create the PDF (such as the "modern" way exporting a PDF directly out of the application, using the Adobe library), your joboptions would not be honored.
If metadata does not work out, you might assemble a Preflight Profile testing for the features you need, and run this profile on the files you get from your users. In this case, it is not your joboptions which are important, but whether the result is compliant to your requirements. You may also consider creating a Preflight Droplet using the Preflight Profile, which then would filter out the non-compliant files.
