Specifications

3.2 – Other Advanced Security Features
Standard HDD Format*
Best practices, and often company policies, usually recommend that systems be completely wiped
prior to being redeployed or at the end of its usable life. The Hard Disk Drive Format feature, which is
standard with all imageRUNNER/imagePRESS devices, completely overwrites all data stored on the
hard disk with null data. This includes files, job logs, Address Books, and customized user mode
settings, all in a single operation. If the optional HDD Erase Kit is installed, the HDD Format feature
provides additional overwrite options, including the choice to overwrite three times with random
data.
Remo
vable HDD**
The imageRUNNER Removable HDD Kit option provides a means for system administrators to
physically lock the device’s internal hard disk drive into the system during normal operation, thereby
decreasing the risk of theft. Once the device has been powered down, the drive can be unlocked and
removed for storage in a secure location.
This section provides an overview of the security features on non-imagePlatform-based
imageRUNNER devices. Due to the difference in architecture from the imagePlatform, non-
imagePlatform imageRUNNER devices deal with data differently across certain functions. Whereas the
imagePlatform device uses the internal image server memory (RAM or HDD) for copying, printing, and
faxing (depending on the model), non-imagePlatform devices use their internal image server memory
only for copy and printing functions.
Canon’s legacy GP200 Series product line, imageRUNNER 200L, and imageRUNNER 210 lack an image
server, therefore the copy function does not store the information on the system. These systems
instead make copies on a page-by-page basis, scanning each page based on the number of copies
requested. As a result, no page data is stored on the system, which renders it impossible for anyone
to walk up to the device and get latent image information. When printing, these devices are unable to
store data on the device due to a lack of internal memory and jobs are printed immediately.
4.1 – Standard Device Security
Department ID Management***
An embedded feature in non-imagePlatform devices, this function is used to set parameters for users
of the device and the device administrator can set controls that could limit users to a set number of
copies, maximum Mail Box allocation and maximum limits for copy/Mail Box functions. As an option,
customers can add a card reader unit to the device and control copy maximums based on the
configuration of the device.
*Please see the imageRUNNER Bulletin #5.08- HDD Overwrite Procedures for End of imageRUNNER Lifecycle
Procedures to learn more about this feature.
**Removable HDD Kit is only available for select imageRUNNER/imagePRESS devices.
***Department ID Management limit function is only available on imagePlatform-based devices.
Section 3 — Advanced Security Features
Section 4 — Security Solutions in non-imagePlatform Devices
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