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Set Video To Be Unprintable

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2009-02-10 11:33:32
Kaviak
Registered: Feb 10 2009
Posts: 3
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I am working on a document that contains a video/flash element. I have added a button that will allow the user to print the selected page. For various reasons I do not want the video portion of the page to print with the rest of the elements. If the user clicks the print button, and the "Document and Markup" or the "Document and Stamps" option is selected then the video prints along with the rest of the current page.

Sooo...

Does anyone know how to set a video to be totally unprintable, or is there a way to make just the Document option the default way of printing or is there a way to make the Markup and Stamps options unusable.

Thank you all in advance!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.0, Windows
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2009-02-11 01:02:21
#1
UVSAR
Expert
Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
In-page video/flash doesn't run on an OCG, so it's always there (on screen and on printouts) - the simple hack is to place a new watermark layer** OVER the annotation containing a rectangle covering it up (white box, etc. imported from a PDF) and set the watermark to appear only on print. The embed is still in effect "printed" but redacted. You can even include text etc on your watermark layer to explain to your users why it hasn't been shown.

**Note you cannot use the layers sidebar to add an OCG over a video/flash/3D object - a quirk in Acrobat means only the "add watermark" system can push content to the top. Make sure "keep position and size.." is turned off on the appearance options before loading your watermark file.
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2009-02-11 09:31:43
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Kaviak
Registered: Feb 10 2009
Posts: 3
Works perfectly! Thank you so much!
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