PDF forms that can be printed but not saved - possible?

Does anyone know if it is possible to do the following:
- First of you create PDFs that you would put on to a web site.
- The user would then fill in fields on this PDF form when they access it.
- This would create a completed form which the user could then print but they would be unable to save it.
Is this possible?
Someone mentioned Adobe LiveCycle Designer to me. Can this be used to achieve all this? Or what software would be needed or would you recommend to do this?
Thanks.

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on the html-based form http://www.samtaleterapi.com/oversigter/psykoterapi.html there isnt the functionality i want
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what i want is a form that can be filled out, saved locally on people's own computers, and and that the local copy can be edited and saved anew continually
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rasmus

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Sandee Cohen wrote:
Phillip Jones said:
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Thanks everyone for responding. I should have supplied more information.
I was hired by my client to create PDF forms that can be downloaded from their website, filled out electronically in Acrobat Reader, and then saved (with all the form fields filled in) and emailed.
I was supplied with scanned forms as the base for creating the form fields in Acrobat Pro. These web visitors that will be filling out the forms and emailing them will only have Acrobat Reader, most likely.
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