>> I left out an important detail. The PDF is encrypted with a 3rd party
>> plug-in, FileOpen:
>>
>> http://www.fileopen.com/
>>
>> It is currently considered unbreakable. :(
>>
>> Print/scan/OCR it is, then.
>>
>
>Oh that is totally different then.

But a gargoyle for "FileOpen hack" turns up this as the first link ...
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Adobe/Gallery/

 Scroll down for a C program that might do what you want ...
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