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how to make a pdf file disable the save as function but print

Cindy D
Registered: Jun 26 2009
Posts: 2

I need for a project to be able to post pdf files that

- cannot be saved by the customer on a disk or harddrive
- can be read, viewed by the customer

Now all I have read on the net is that this not possible - but the idea is to make it as hard as
possible - I know the screenshot function.

Simply let me know if you:

Customer can view, print but not save. HOW to achieve this result

Could you tell me how to disable the SAVE AS function but customer can print ?

Are you aware of any reasonable priced DMR that could achieve this or able

to do this for me ?

Thanks a lot !

Any ideas of how to achieve that result with deiiffernet means ???

try67
Expert
Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Unless a file is streamed, it's saved on the computer. So no, AFAIK, there's no way to display a PDF without it first being saved locally on the user's computer.
And printing without saving is even more unlikely. How do you expect the user to be able to print something they don't have? Are you going to send the data directly to their printer? It can't be done.

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