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2011-03-29 06:48:39
wizkid
Registered: Mar 29 2011
Posts: 4

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
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2011-03-29 10:49:43
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Currently the only way to block printing of a PDF is though a security mechanism. If the user can open a PDF, then they can print it unless something special is blocking it, such as security. And for the existing security mechanisms in Acrobat printing is either on or off, it can't be switched dynamically, except by the Adobe Policy Server, but I'm not sure that Policy Server could be used. The only other option would be to create a security plug-in that implements this functionality. I don't think such a thing has been done by a 3rd party.

Thom Parker
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