User`s guide

18 XPS Card Printer Driver Installation
Using the Card Printer Driver for Secure Printing
Secureprintingconsistsofencryptingprintcommandsandcarddataand
transmittingtheinformationsecurelyfromthePCtotheprinter.
Secure Printing Overview
Datacarddatasecurityprotectsprintdatafromunwantedinterceptionor
alteration.Printjobsareprotectedautomaticallywhenaprintrequestissentto
aDatacardprinterenabledforsecureprinting.
Forinformationonsettingupandenablingsecurecardprinting,referto“Using
SecurePrinting ”onpage 20.
Driver Data Encryption
TheCardPrinterDriverusestheSecureSocketsLayer(SSL)andtheTransport
LayerSecurity(TLS)datasecurityprotocolstoencryptboththeprintcommands
andthecarddatathatmakeupthedigitalprintjob.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)
SSLusespublic‐and‐privatekeyencryption.TheSSLprotocoleffectivelycreatesa
securechannelforsendingtheprintjobdatabetweenthePCandprinter.
StandardSSLcreatesalevelofencryptionbasedontheclientWebbrowser,the
operatingsystem,andthehostserver’scapabilities.InthecaseofCardPrinter
Driversecureprinting,theclientWebbrowseristheCardPrinterDriver,andthe
hostWebserveristheprinter,asshowninthefollowingillustration.
TransportLayerSecurity(TLS)usesstrongerencryptionalgorithmsandhasthe
abilitytoworkondifferentports.
TheSSLcertificateex changefeatureisnotsupportedbytheCardPrinterDriver.
ProtectionofprintdataissupportedbytheSSL/TLSpublic‐and‐privatekey
encryption.