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Does any one know if it is possible to disable a browser from printing? In other words, if I create a web page with proprietary content that I want people to view, but not be allowed to print, is it possible.
 
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To the best of my knowledge, there is no way to prevent a browser from printing a page. You can hide the menu bar so that the print button isn't there, but they will still be able to right click and select print there. The money's gone, the brain is shot.....but the liquor we still got.
 
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"is it possible"
NO !
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someone knowledge ends where
someone else knowledge starts
 
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What you can do is send nothing to the printer when the user initiates a print, this does not work on all browser though:


<html>
<head>
<title>Printing a blank file</title>
<meta http-equiv=&quot;Content-Type&quot; content=&quot;text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&quot;>
<link rel=alternate media=print href=&quot;about:blank&quot;>
</head>
<body>
this text should not print when you try to print this page
</body>
</html>


<link rel=alternate media=print href=&quot;about:blank&quot;>
is the key here
 
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ever hear of print screen ? ---------------------------------------
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someone knowledge ends where
someone else knowledge starts
 
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yeah :(

but the question was

&quot;Does any one know if it is possible to disable a browser from printing?&quot;

and that is kinda one way but, i know, i know, i know it doesnt solve the main problem of get a paper copy of the proprietary content, bitch! not you mate, my brain!
 
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