Unlock printing of secured PDF in free reader version?

Hi!
At work we have some PDF files which the sales department must not be able to print. For this reason, they want me to secure the PDF's so that they cannot be printed without the password. In order to be able to do this, the paid version of Reader has been bought to my user.
However, when i test it, i can't find anywhere to unlock the printing in the free version, which is what the entire sales department is using. Buying licenses for the entire department is not an option, as that would be ridiculously expensive.
Thanks for your help!

An additional question: Aren't you able to create actions/batch sequences in the standard paid version of Acrobat X?

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