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Printing Securely from a Computer

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Setting Secure Printing

Registering from the operation panel

Caution

When the setup is complete

Restart the machine to take effect the settings.

1. Press [ ] (Menu).

2. Select ⋖System Settings⋗ using [ ] or [ ] and press [OK].

When the system manager ID and/or the system manager PIN are specified

Enter ID and the number by using [ ] - [ ] (numeric keys), and then press [ ] (Log In/Out).

3. Select ⋖Secure Print Settings⋗ using [ ] or [ ] and press [OK].

4. Select ⋖On⋗ using [ ] or [ ] and press [OK].

<Off>Secure Printing is not available.
<On>Secure Printing is available.

5. Select secure print delete time using [ ] or [ ] and press [OK].

* Specify a time range for erasing a secure print job waiting for security password input.

You can specify a value between 10 minutes to 240 minutes by the minute.

6. Press [ ] (Menu) to close the menu screen.

7. Restart the machine.

It is necessary to restart the machine to take effect the settings.

Turn OFF the machine and wait for at least 10 seconds before turning it back ON.

Printing by Secure Printing

This section describes sending a secure print job from a computer, select the job on the operation panel, and then enter PIN to finish printing.

Caution

When the secure print document job is saved in the device

If the secure print document is saved in the device, other print jobs may not be printed. In this case, print the secure print job. If you still cannot print the job, print the job again from the computer.

Caution

Printer driver screen

For details on displaying the printer driver.

Sending a secure print job

1. Click any of [Basic Settings], [Page Setup], [Finishing], [Paper Source], [Quality] at the printer driver screen.

2. Select [Secured Print] from [Output Method].

3. Select [OK], enter a user name and PIN, and then click [OK].

4. Click [OK].

5. Click [OK] (or [Print]).

6. Specify the desired settings for the secure print job and click [OK].

→ A secure print job is sent.

[Document Name]Enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters.
[User Name]
[PIN] Enter the numbers up to 7 digits.

Entering PIN for printing

1. Press [ ] (Secure Print).

You cannot perform the secure print while waiting to scan (while ⋖Remote Scanner⋗ is selected for the scan type on the basic scan screen). Click [ ] (Back) before you perform the secure print.

2. Select a user using [ ] or [ ] and press [OK].

If you do not have any secure print job sent from other users, proceed to Step 3.

3. Select a document to print using [ ] or [ ] and press [OK].

4. Enter PIN and press [OK].

Start printing.

5. Press [ ] (Status Monitor/Cancel) to close the Copy/Print Job screen.

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