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About this Administration guide

This Administration guide describes several important PRISMAsync Print Server features, such as:

  • Security: Identity certificate, trusted certificates, HTTPS connections, IPsec connections, backup and restore, and port-based authentication IEEE 802.1X.

  • Authorization and user authentication

  • Software updates

  • Hotfolders

  • DocBox

This Administration guide has been developed to explain the main concepts and to describe the instructions.

Supported products

The Administration guide applies to all printers that are steered by PRISMAsync Print Server. In case printer types differ, notes are included to explain the difference.

The descriptions and instructions in this guide are developed for PRISMAsync Print Server printers with a certain Mark software version, see the inner side of the front cover. Which mark software version your printer has got you can find in the Settings Editor ([Support]  → [About]).

Access rights to perform the tasks

The Administrator guide's target group is responsible for system configuration, security, user authentication and authorization, and the network connectivity. The target group needs to have correct rights to change the related settings.

Access rights of a system administrator
  • You need to have the [Access to installation tasks] rights to perform backup and restore tasks and software installation tasks, and to restore the default system administrator account.

  • You need to have the [Full access to administration tasks] rights to perform all other administration tasks.

Read the instructions in chapter 2 how to define the user authorization.

Target group

Users who are responsible for the system configuration, security, user authentication and authorization, and the network connectivity.

The PRISMAsync Print Server security instructions ensure that you can secure the printer optimally according to the security guidelines of your company.

Learn about topics

This Administration guide has Learn about topics to explain the feature.

Read these topics when you are not completely familiar with these features, or when you want to discover what these features could do for you.