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October 3, 2024
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how can I prevent printing an incomplete fillable pdf in adobe acrobat?

  • October 3, 2024
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how can I prevent printing an incomplete fillable pdf on clicking Print button, Ctrl + P, and File Menu Print in adobe acrobat? All these statements  "event.cancel=true;", "event.rc = false;", "this.cancel=true;" don't work to stop from printing.

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    try67
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    October 4, 2024

    Short answer: You can't.

    Longer answer: You can't, but what you can do is force a warning message to appear on the printed page, and/or to force all the fields in the file to be empty when it is printed. To do that you would need to use a script, like this (paid-for) one I've created that sets it all up for you: https://www.try67.com/tool/acrobat-validate-required-fields-before-printing-or-saving

     

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 4, 2024

    Not possible.

    John T Smith
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    October 3, 2024

    You need to ask program questions in the forum for the program you are using
    To ask in the forum for your program please start at https://community.adobe.com/
    Moving from Using the Community (which is about the forums) to the correct forum