RE: Can I Prohibit Printing From A Web Site?

[Jim Shaeffer <jims -at- spsi -dot- com>]

Don't know if this is the intent of the original question or 
not, but sometimes the "no printing" request has nothing to 
to do with sensitivity. 
If the Web site is the to be the Authority and Source of all 
Up-To-Date Knowledge, the owners of the site don't want old 
printed versions lying around. They want users to always check 
and use what is on the Web site now, not reach for a copy that 
was printed out a week ago.
Note: if the content is sensitive, then Greg's advice is 
correct. 

Jim Shaeffer (jims -at- spsi -dot- com)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Holmes [mailto:holmegm -at- attbi -dot- com]
> 
> Tom Murrell asked if a web site can be "protected" from printing.
> 
> Short Answer: No.
> 
> Frankly, if the documents are that sensitive, the readers
> should be invited into a room, shown the documents, then ushered
> out.  Make sure that none of them have cameras.
> 
> I'm not kidding -- if people can't be trusted to have them on
> their screens, then that is what will need to be done.  I hope
> none of them have photographic memories. ;)
> 
> Technology is probably not the answer here ...
> 
> Greg Holmes
 


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