Disable printing within FF, Safari browsers using a configuration profile

DDP
New Contributor

Hello all,

I am looking to lock down printing as a security compliance measure for all of our supported browsers.

I got Chrome going already but can't seem to find an easy way to put a config profile together for Firefox and Safari.

Any ideas or has any one been able to accomplish this before?

 

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AJPinto
Honored Contributor III

 

It does not appear Firefox allows you to manage printing beyond using Firefox's print dialog or MacOS's print dialog.

policy-templates | Policy Templates for Firefox (mozilla.github.io)

 

I would figure that Safari would use MacOS's printing controls. Your best option is probably to prevent users from connecting printers, which should also solve your issues with the other browsers.

Printing MDM payload settings for Apple devices - Apple Support

 

Apple does not consider DLP as something that should be handled by MDM. I suggest looking in to Printing file monitoring tools if you need more robust options.

DDP
New Contributor

Thanks, AJ for that response. I pretty much exhausted any resources I could find on this topic as it does not seem that neither browser has any kind of related managed preferences listed to block printing.

I appreciate the help and insight there anyways!