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RE: Should a PDF include "Printed in Country" phrase ?
Subject:RE: Should a PDF include "Printed in Country" phrase ? From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 27 Sep 2002 16:37:56 -0400
Legal reasons? On technical documentation? Really? Wow. I learned me
something new.
But, since PDFs are really printed output, I would imagine all PDFs
created inside the USA are printed in the USA. And, if your lawyers
disagree, it is because they don't know what "printed" really means. Eh?
-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Granat [mailto:bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info]
>
> I'm looking to find out if there is a standard application for the
phrase
> "Printed in Country" for a PDF document. This is a document that used
to
That kind of question is the kind we would always run by our legal
folks,
because the line is required for legal reasons to begin with--it isn't
there
just for informational purposes. While it may not make sense to you and
me
to include it, your corporate lawyers need to sign off on deleting it
from
the PDF.
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