[Hidden-tech] Non-printable PDF

[Fred Levine]

Thanks to everyone for your quick and helpful advice. I do have Acrobat Pro
and now see how easy it is to do.
Fred
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Publishing Made Personal

Fred Levine
493 S. Pleasant St.
Amherst MA 01002
413.230.3943
smallbatchbooks.com



From: Neal Priestly <neal.priestly at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 15:44:34 -0400
To: Fred Levine <fred at smallbatchbooks.com>
Cc: Hidden-Tech <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Non-printable PDF

Fred-

    Short answer:  Kind of.  

   You can flag a file as being non-printable a number of different ways,
but not all readers will honor the setting.  As with most information
security measures, if you drive security up you tend to drive usability down
- the more effective ways to prevent printing will also prevent viewing of
the document by some potential readers - and anyone who can read it can
screen shot it and rebuild it as a printable document no matter what you do.

   Finding the right balance for your client's comfort and the target
audience's convenience is the tricky part...

-Neal Priestly
 Free Range Technologist

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Fred Levine <fred at smallbatchbooks.com>
wrote:
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> 
> Does anyone know if there¹s a way to create a non-printable PDF file? I¹ve
> never heard of it, but I have a client who says he has and wants one.
> 
> Thanks for any and all suggestions.
> 
> Fred 
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