How to prevent filled-in forms to be saved?

Hi all,
I have recently been given the task of preparing a couple of forms.
The idea is to provide the blank forms to the users of our intranet. That way the blank forms should be saved locally, filled in and printed (with the filled-in content) as needed. The important point is that the users should not be able to save the forms with the filled-in content. I am working with Acrobat XI Pro and would appreciate an easy solution that works to this end (either preventing the filled-in data to be saved in the first place or at least the form be blanked each time the saved document is opened).
Almost all questions on the web with PDF and forms deal with the problem the other way round (e.g. how to save filled-in forms), but my problem is just vice-versa.
Thank you for any help

Some of them might be using v. XI, but the majority is probably not. That might change when the IT department rolls out a general software update.
And if I get you right, switching off JS would make the script solution moot.
Overall it sounds as if PDF is not the best solution for the problem and we might have to look for something better...
Thanks for the info.

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