Capture print event in adobe reader and show a message

Hi,
We have only adobe reader installed on our machines, is it possible to use the sdk to capture the print event in adobe reader? Our goal is to show a message to the users before the print dialog appears and
as soon as the user prints a document?
Is it possible?
Thank you,
Peter

You can certainly develop a plugin for Adobe Reader that would do this.
Plugins are written in C/C++ and, for Reader, you will need to obtain a license & associated key from Adobe to enable that plugin. Details are all in the SDK.

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