Disable Print Screen 1

[quaked2023]

Hello:

I have a question, can print screen be disable? or how can i prevent an image from being copied this way?, like if you press print screen the immage will turn fuzzy, or turn black
thanks in advance

-The Only Privacy Left Is The Inside Of Your Head!- QUAKED2023

 

[BabyJeffy]

Not possible.

Jeff

 

[ChrisHunt]

can print screen be disabled?

No.

how can i prevent an image from being copied this way?

Don't put it on the internet.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
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[Foamcow]

If you are looking to protect copyright on images and you really MUST put them online then your only option is watermarking.

Visible watermarks have the disadvantage of either spoiling/obliterating the image and can be retouched out of an image.

Digital watermarking is much more efficient as it hides a "signature" in the image data. This signature is virtually impossible to destroy. However you then have to find the instance of the image that infringes your copyright and run it through a "decoder" to extract the signature and prove the image is yours.
You normally have to pay for this kind of service though as the signatures are held in a central registration database.

What is your reason for wanting to disable printing/copying of images? Perhaps we can come up with another solution that would fit your requirements.

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[MikeBarone]

If they can see it, they can print it or steal it - PERIOD!

 

[hotfusion]

A bit like finding a parked car with the doors unlocked and the keys in the ignition: It's more a problem of what certain people might do when faced with this situation than the situation itself.

If the images are worth fighting for, I might suggest you keep a copy of the original files generated during development (.psd format for Photoshop perhaps) or the original high resolution images if photographs, and store them safely somewhere so the date of the file creation could be determined if a legal case ever ensued. You could presumably prove posession of the earliest file dates.

It is possible to disable right-clicking by using a fairly basic script, which would stop people right-clicking an image and using the 'save picture as' feature, but this isn't foolproof as they could simply disable JavaScript to get around this.

Regards, Andy.
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[HelloMike]

In your header (or in your CSS file) ...

<style>
  @media print {
    .noprint {
      display: none;
    }
  }
</style>

... and in your page ...

<img style="noprint" blah blah />

This will prevent the image from printing when the user hits the browser's Print button, but it doesn't change anything as far as copying your image is concerned. And if it can be copied it can be printed - it just takes a bit more effor on the user's part, that's all.

Cheers, Mike.

 

[HelloMike]

Ahem. That last bit should read ...

<img [COLOR=red]class[/color]="noprint" blah blah />

More coffee, methinks.

Cheers, Mike.

 

[quaked2023]

thaks you guys!

-The Only Privacy Left Is The Inside Of Your Head!- QUAKED2023