HP MFP Digital Sending Software (DSS) 5.0 - Configure DSS 5 to use Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management

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Configuration File
The LiveCycle configuration file is located at the following location:
<install-folder>\Program Files (x86)\Hewlett-Packard\HP Digital Sending
Software\Filesystems\Product\Dss\Configuration\HP.Dss.App.RightsManagement.config
This file has been created with future expansion in mind. There are many XML elements that can
possibly be configured for multiple values in the future but only one value is applicable at this time.
Additionally, many values should not be changed without consultation with HP support or the local
LiveCycle administrator. The default configuration file is shown at the end of the document with line
numbers and will be referred to in the following configuration explanations.
Highest Level Configuration – Turning Rights Management on or off
The first section configures rights management on or off on a per destination basis. These settings
also configure which provider to use and which of the provider’s configurations to use. A provider,
in this context, is the remote entity or process that will perform a Rights management operation.
Lines 15 through 17 are default configuration values included for possible future expansion. The
per destination values, in lines 19 through 38, take precedence over the default values and this is
the way destinations should be configured.
We will use the email destination as an example for all the destinations. The other destinations,
Folder, SharePoint and FTP site, all follow the same pattern as email.
To turn on rights management for the email destination the element in line 20 should be given the
value of ‘Global’ instead of the default value of ‘Off’.
The Provider element points to a set of configuration information later in the config file.
“LiveCycleWS” is the only available provider at this time so the value should not change.
19 <Destination name="Email">
20 <Mode>Off</Mode>
21 <Provider>LiveCycleWS</Provider>
22 <Configuration>Default</Configuration>
23 </Destination>
The Configuration element, on line 22, points to one of various possible configurations that exist
within the provider. At this time the LiveCycleWS provider has two possible configurations to
choose from. They are the “Default” configuration and the “SignIn” configuration. If the “Default”
configuration is used then the username and domain values passed from DSS to LiveCycle are static
values that are stored in this configuration file. If the “SignIn” configuration is used then the
username and domain of the user that signed into the MFP to start the job being processed will be
sent to LiveCycle.
Configuring the Provider
The LiveCycleWS provider configuration starts on line 41.
The first section configures the credentials needed for DSS to interact with LiveCycle. Enter the
username on line 50 and the password on line 51. Then, if it’s not already, set the value for the