I want to send a paper to another business, but I only want to allow them a one-time print. How do I do this?

Question

I do have pdf capabilities; will that help?

Answer 1

Face it, if you send it to them they can *always* get more copies. If you were able to allow them a 1-time-print limited document then they can photocopy it. They can scan the printout and OCR it and use the words in any way they want.

The *best* you can manage is to send them a printout with sections in red, sections in green, sections in orange and sections in cyan... because that way black and white photocopiers will fail to copy some pieces (depends what colour light the photocopier uses). But colour copiers and scanners will work. All you'd be doing is making their life a little trickier.

If the company is honest then you put a copyright notice in the document that all copying without permission is not permitted and give then permission in the covering letter to make exactly one copy only. That's only of any use of course if you're prepared to follow it up with legal action if they choose to make hundreds of copies.

Otherwise you are in stupid-land... print it as a book that won't lay flat; print it out and allow them to read it on your premises and not take it out of your premises, print it on photosensitive paper so if they photocopy it the whole thing goes black.

In reality you have to rely on their honesty to not breach your copyright.

Answer 2

check your print pre-view before sending,making sure that your sending only 1 pg. & not the extra w/blank

Answer 3

You could, oh, mail it to them.