Locked document cannot be printed

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You can limit access to a PDF by setting passwords and restricting certain features, such as printing and editing. However, you cannot prevent saving copies of a PDF.

But, there are a couple of things you need to keep in mind:

1- This technique of making a document password protected can only be achieved with Adobe Acrobat DC, not the freeware Reader DC.

2- The document you

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Hope you are doing well.

You can limit access to a PDF by setting passwords and restricting certain features, such as printing and editing. However, you cannot prevent saving copies of a PDF.

But, there are a couple of things you need to keep in mind:

1- This technique of making a document password protected can only be achieved with Adobe Acrobat DC, not the freeware Reader DC.

2- The document you are working with should not have any security applied already.