Diasable Paste Plugin for a specific field

Check this:
https://xlinesoft.com/phprunner/docs/javascript_create_tinymce.htm

You have access to table and field names there.

Thank you, Sergey! I don't know how I missed this doc!

BTW, I tried many variations of settings, including pre_process and post_process paste functions - and they worked; However, if the field was marked as a required field, the validation would fail.

In the end, I went with a simple set of settings, limiting the plugins loaded and the elements allowed in the edit box:

settings.plugins = ['advlist', 'autolink', 'link', 'lists', 'charmap', 'code', 'table'];
settings.invalid_elements= 'img';
settings.paste_data_images = false; /this is for old versions