Can forms be printed without form field outlines?

I'm wondering if it's possible to print forms from Adobe XI Pro so that the form field outlines don't show up in the final print. I just want to be able to print all of the information that's entered into the form, but not have the boxes show up all over the page. Make sense? Anyone have an idea as to how this can be done?

Hi;
You can refer to this post where another user asks a similar question: http://forums.adobe.com/message/5817708#5817708
Thanks,
Josh

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