MWT Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I am creating a shop to sell exam papers. We have developed the papers in pdf format. Our initial intention was to have customers purchase the papers and for the papers to be printed from their browser. The reason for the printing instead of sending pdf was to reduce the risk of customers distributing our work. Our developer has run into problems with the printing aspect in different browsers. I have two questions:- 1. Can the print option work in all web browsers? 2. If we were to look at a different strategy for dispatching the pdf is there a way they can be emailed so that customers can only print and not distribute or save to other devices? I very much look forward to helpful comments to my 2 questions. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohitsh511 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 yes print option works in all browser but you can do one thing instead of letting them download it you can upload it on some file site and lock it with password and can make it read only and protected... and this password can be sent to the customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestashopninja Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Hi, 1. If you are talking about a print option such as in CTRL+P, yes it will work in all browsers. Did your developer try to make it printable in another way? 2. This is the old cops and robbers game. There are a lot of methods to lock and twice more methods to unlock. If there is nothing virtually unbreakable, I think "pdf stamping" is still there as an option: You can stamp the customer's name, email and the purchase ID and maybe even the phone number on the top left of each page (or anywhere else you want) of the PDF prior to download, in order to discourage customers from distributing your work. Edited February 21, 2014 by prestashopninja (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuk66 Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 2. This is the old cops and robbers game. There are a lot of methods to lock and twice more methods to unlock. If there is nothing virtually unbreakable, I think "pdf stamping" is still there as an option: You can stamp the customer's name, email and the purchase ID and maybe even the phone number on the top left of each page (or anywhere else you want) of the PDF prior to download, in order to discourage customers from distributing your work. +1 for this soluttion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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