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2011-03-29 06:48:17

wizkid

Registered: Mar 29 2011

Posts: 4

Answered

Hi Guys

I wonder if you can help.

The company who's form I'm designing are 'trying to save the environment' by automatically stopping people from printing an unfilled form on a separate page of a single document.

Any ideas on how to do this? I'm pretty sure it would require Java, but would like to be proven otherwise.

I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,

C

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Macintosh

2011-03-29 07:44:05

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

Accepted Answer

Can only be done if the printing is done through a print button on the file, or a special one in the application created using a script. If the user prints the file via the built-in print dialog there's nothing you can do to stop them.

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2011-03-29 08:14:15

wizkid

Registered: Mar 29 2011

Posts: 4

Ok Thanks, tyr67

Appreciate it.

2011-03-29 08:21:35

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

Posts: 2398

Although, you could create a blank layer and have it cover the entire file if the fields are not filled-in, which would cause blank pages to be printed...

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2011-03-29 09:15:52

wizkid

Registered: Mar 29 2011

Posts: 4

Nice, I like your style Try67. Would that be java or is it available in properties?

2011-03-29 12:53:50

try67

Registered: Oct 30 2008

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JavaScript. Feel free to contact me personally to discuss it further.

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