User`s guide

XPS Card Printer Driver Guide 19
SSL/TLS Components
TheCardPrinterDriverusesaMicrosoftWindowsInternetapplication
programinginterface(API)fortheSSLencryption.
WhentheCardPrinterDriverdetectsthattheprinteriscapableof
communicatingsecurely,itencryptsandsendsalldatausingSSL/TLSacrossthe
networktotheprinter’shttpsport9111.Port9111isreservedfor“DPCL2
Secure”printerlanguagetransmissions.Port9100isusedfornon‐secureDPCL2
transmissions.
Driver Secure and Non-Secure Communications
Communicationisconfiguredtouseoneofthreecommunicationprotocols.
Theseprotocolsarenamedfortheprintercommandlanguageprotocolsusedto
sendcardprintdatabetweentheCardPrinterDriverandtheprinter.
Non-Secure Printing: DPCL and DPCL2 Protocols
DPCLisafirst‐generationnon‐secureprintercommandlanguageprotocolusedto
transmitcardprintdata.
DPCL2isasecond‐generationofthenon‐secureDPCLcommunicationprotocol,
reportingadditionaloptionstotheCardPrinterDriver.TheCardPrinterDriver
displayssomeoftheseoptionsonthedriver’sWindowsPrinterPropertiespages
forjobprocessinglogicandforreportingtoapplicationsviathedriverSDK.
Non‐secureprintingisactivatedautomaticallyforprintersthatdonothave
secureprintingcapabilityorarenotconfiguredtousesecureprinting.Non‐
secureprintingdoesnotprovideSSLencryption.
Secure Printing: DPCL2 Secure Protocol
TheCardPrinterDriverusesDPCL2 Secureastheprinter’ssecure
communicationsprotocol.Duringcardproduction,theCardPrinterDriver
automaticallydetectswhenaprinterhasDPCL2 Secureenabled.
DPCL2 Securecommunicationisenabled(ordisabled)throughtheprinter’s
PrinterManagerWebinterface.Refertotheprinter’sInstallationand
Administrator ’sGuideforcompleteinformationonusingthePrinterManager.