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Topic: Re: Plug Wanted!
Conf: (P-PDF) Job Opportunities, Msg: 41216
From: prodok
Date: 5/29/2002 03:27 PM
Jeff,
the first address to contact is definitely FileOpen
(http://www.fileopen.com). They have a pretty good standard product, and
they do custom developments. However, it is _very_ unlikely that you will
get any part of the source code, but you can try.
As far as I can see, most of the features are somehow handled by FileOpen.
The one with most problems would be checking the printer status, as this
depends a lot on the printer driver and the actual printer; you'd have to
be very specific about the printer you are using.
Technically impossible is peventing saving to a harddisk, as the document
_is_ already on the harddisk when it gets transferred. A possible
workaround would be to have it self-destructing ... or at least make it
unusable after printing.
If you require the user to have a standing connection to the internet for
the printing, you can also look at some server controlled security systems.
An address to look would be Digital Applications (http://www.digapp.com).
It would be advisable IMHO to go with some manufacturers who already have a
product; you can profit of their experience, and the results would be here
way earlier ... compared to re-inventing the wheel.
Hope, this can help.
PS (and that's for the listmaster too: it is not a good idea to have HTML
codes in the messages; see in the quote how they come through on an e-mail
system).
Max Wyss
PRODOK Engineering
Low Paper workflows, Smart documents, PDF forms
CH-8906 Bonstetten, Switzerland
Fax: +41 1 700 20 37
e-mail: mailto:prodok@prodok.ch
http://www.prodok.ch
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> I am looking for an Acrobat plug-in to keep users from printing a
>PDF more than once. If it simple and just prints to the default printer,
>that's fine. The plug-in can be simple. It just needs to allow only one
>print of a PDF, be tied to a web site and be written to a professional
>standard.
>
>
> Required features:
>
> - Only print a PDF once
> - Requires users to visit web site
>
>
>
> Optional features:
>
> - Keep users from saving PDF to hard drive
> - If it just prints to the default printer, that's O.K.
>for now.
> - Check the status of the print, to see if it printed
>successfully or not, but not required for first version
> - Dynamically generated PDF through web server, based on
>user settings.
>
>
>
> I am willing to pay a reasonable fee for the above plug-in as long
>as I get the source code and reserve the copyrights.
>
