HP Designjet Printers - Security Features

HP Designjet Printer Series Security Settings
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5. Glossary
Active Directory (AD)
A
n advanced, hierarchical directory service that comes with Microsoft
Windows servers (version 2000 or later). It is LDAP-compliant and built on the
domain naming system (DNS) used on the Internet. Workgroups are given
domain names, exactly like Web sites, and any LDAP-compliant client – such
as Windows, Mac, or Unix – can gain access.
Adobe PostScript
Developed by Adobe, this is the standard page description language (PDL)
for the graphics arts industry and commercial printing. Many printing devices
support PostScript with a built-in PostScript interpreter
Color Access Control
Settings to determine which users and/or applications are allowed to print in
color
Device Password
(LJ feature)
This is equivalent to the designjet’s web server password. It helps protect the
printer from unauthorized access through remote applications
Domain Naming System
(DNS)
Converts host names and domain names into IP addresses on the internet or
on local networks that use the TCP/IP protocol.
Embedded Web Server
(EWS)
The EWS resides on a hardware device (such as an HP Designjet) or in the
printer firmware.
The EWS allows you to review, configure, and change
settings on an HP Designjet after inputting an IP address into a Web browser
from your computer
File System Access
settings
(LJ feature)
File system access settings: The File System Access options allows you to
completely disable many of the access points to the printer’s data storage
system. These access points are for various types of usage for the printer. The
options are:
• PJL disk access
• SNMP disk access
• NFS disk access
• PS disk access
HP recommends enabling PS Disk Access to allow you to print PS files, and
disable the rest
File System Password (LJ
feature)
The File System Password feature helps protect the printer’s data storage
system options from unauthorized access. With the File System password
configured, the printer requires the password before it will allow
configurations to features that affect the data storage system. Some of these
features are the Secure disk erase mode, the Secure Storage Erase feature,
and the File System Access options.
Hide IP address from
front Panel
Option in the Service Utilities menu of the front panel to show/not show the
Internet Protocol (IP) address of your printer. In that way, only registered users
or network administrations will know the correct address to submit jobs to the
printer
HP Web Jetadmin
Web-
based fleet management software tool for remote installation,
configuration, problem resolution, proactive management, and reporting. For
more information go to;
www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin
IP multicast
A one-to-many transmission of data over an IP network.
IPSec
Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a suite of protocols for securing Internet
Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet
of a data stream. IPsec also includ
es protocols for establishing mutual
authentication between agents at the beginning of the session and negotiation
of cryptographic keys to be used during the session.
In our case, IPsec is used to protect data flows between the host and the
printer.