[GLLUG] PDF Files

[Richard Houser]

No.  It's logically impossible.  You can make it difficult for users 
running certain PDF clients that support this as a form of DRM, but you 
can't stop them.  If the information is there to view it, that same 
information can be used to print it.

Jim Fick wrote:
> This might be a dumb question and I’m asking because I don’t know, but 
> can you create a PDF file so that anyone who opens it can not print it?  
> I downloaded a PDF doc from a government website that will not print.  I 
> can open other PDF documents and they print just fine.
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> James A. Fick, Jr
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> Michigan Public Health Inst.
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> IT Systems & Security Manager
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> 2501 Jolly Road, Suite 180
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> Okemos, MI 48864
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> (517) 324-8304
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> (517) 324-8370 (Fax)
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