Protect Print Menu
This topic provides an overview of Print Protection rule set designed to prevent unauthorized content printing from browsers, along with common use cases. It blocks printing options, printing to PDF, including keyboard shortcuts and menu commands.
These policies provide stronger control over sensitive content, especially in applications where printing or copying must be restricted.
Use Case: Restrict Printing from AI Applications
A company wants to prevent employees from printing outputs from ChatGPT or other AI tools. Administrators scope Print Protection to these sites only, ensuring no printouts can be generated, while allowing printing from approved business applications.
To Add Print Protect ruleset:
- Navigate to Policy > Web Policy > Policy.
The Web Policy window opens. - Click the Secure Browser Controls ruleset.
- Click the three‑dot menu and under the Add New Ruleset pop-up, select From Library.
The Select Library Rulesets pop-up displays.
- Check the Print Protect box.
- Click Add.
The Print Protect rule is added under the Secure Browser Controls ruleset.
- In the left navigation panel, select Print Protect.
- Toggle the On/Off button to enable the ruleset.
- Click the yellow badge to publish.
You can apply these rule sets to:
- All traffic
- Any subset of sites or users using normal SWG scoping criteria sites matching one of the exclusions lists will automatically have this feature disabled.
- Default site exclusions (maintained within the system)
- User‑defined site exclusions (custom lists maintained)
Default site exclusions are maintained by Skyhigh to cover sites where the feature has been found to be problematic, and administrators can add their own exclusions as needed to the user defined site exclusions list. This flexibility enables you to block printing or context menu actions globally, or only for specific sites.
When policies are applied, Print actions (Ctrl+P or menu print) trigger the same block page. You can customize both messages to align with organizational requirements.