Protecting the Web Page from being printed

[Billium]

Is there a way to protect a web page from being printed or perhaps on printing place watermark symbols on pictures?

I am currently using CSS as this would print a different page than the one that you are currently viewing

<link rel=alternate media=print href="printversion.html">

but, I was wondering if you can stop printing on the page.

Thanks for any input

[khalidali63]

YOu can try to have some work arounds but there isnt any concrete way of doing this....

Cheers

Khalid

[Vladdy]

What I see I sure can get. No way around it.

[AdamGundry]

Surely you could create a print style sheet which made a printout next to useless, by hiding everything with display: none from example. This wouldn't stop a determined and knowledgable user (like you, Vladdy), but for the vast majority of people it would probably be enough.

Why do you want to protect your page?

Adam

[Billium]

I have freehand Tattoo Art that I do not want anyone to be able to copy, save as, nor print those pictures. I know that a more determined person will get them anyway, however, I want to be able to stop most visitors from printing the pictures and taking them to their local tattoo shop and having it done there.

[pyro]

Watermarking them will be your best bet...

[Billium]

Can you not remove a watermark?

[pyro]

Yes, with a bit of work. But, it is the closest you can come to protecting you images. (even if you specify an alternate page to print, users can take images out of the cache, use a screen capture program , right-click and save as, etc to get them)