[Web4lib] Non-printable pages?

[bardsley at u.washington.edu]

Jim,

You might be able to use Javascript to have the tutorial in a browser window that disables the print function from File>Print (I am sure you can disable most of the browser window menus if not all of them though not in a granular manner). Of course people could still highlight the text to copy and paste it to a .txt file or take screen shots. If someone _really_ wants to print something out they can find a way.

Mark Bardsley

On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Jim Brucker wrote:

> I'm creating a tutorial and I'd like to keep it simple and use html. 
> Unfortunately, I was recently told that people should not be able to print the 
> pages.  Should I try using a print css to control print output, or is there 
> another way to render a page unprintable?  I know that someone could simply 
> cut/paste the code or even take a screen shot, but I'm not too worried about 
> making it *absolutely* unprintable.  If there is no simple solution, though, 
> I'll probably just create the pages in Flash.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and/or input!
>
> -Jim
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