Preventing printing

Hi all
I have a requirement for the app I am developing in Apex 3.0... some users should not be able to "print" anything from the application (based on their authorisation level).
By "print" they mean saving as CSV, generating PDF and even printing via the browser!
I am not sure if it is possible to conditionally show/hide the spreadsheet/print links in the bottom of a report -- is it?
Regarding the browser print functionality, I guess that it would be possible to block it in some way, but I would like to know if anyone has done this before.
Thanks,
Luis

Blocking CSV and PDF output should be pretty easy, but preventing printing in the browser will be impossible. You can play some games with JavaScript, but those tricks are easy to get around with browser plug-ins like Firebug. Even if you do manage to prevent printing, I could always just hit "Print Screen" and now I have a bitmap image in my clipboard that I can print.
There are 2 solutions that I can think of. The first is to use the PDF output settings in BI Publisher to password protect and prevent printing. I don't know of a way to do this in the traditional BIP + APEX integration, but it would be trivial using this technique.
Another solution is Oracle Information Rights Management (IRM). IRM allows you to seal documents and requires that your end users install a client to even be able to open them. You can specify whether or not people can print documents, who can open them, and even for how long (ie expires on June 1st, 2008).
Both of these solutions require an additional license, but you should know your options so you can discuss these with your management and decide whether the requirement for blocking printing is worth the tradeoff in additional development time and money.
Tyler

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