Kyocera TASKalfa 2550ci 2550ci Printer Driver User Guide - Page 25

Lock Settings, Lock Settings Options, Security Watermark - toner

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Device Settings Lock Settings An administrator can specify settings at the tab or feature level in the driver, and then lock them. The settings are then applied to all print jobs, and changes are restricted. The settings are locked in Device Settings > Administrator Settings > Lock Settings. For example, a driver setting could be set for printing duplex documents. This would save paper, resulting in cost savings and ecological benefits. Locking a setting will also lock the feature where it appears in other tabs. For example, selecting Lock Multiple pages per sheet will also select and lock that feature in the Quick Print and Layout tabs. The administrator can also set a password that is required to temporarily unlock a feature. In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user. Lock Settings Options The Lock Settings tab displays driver settings that an administrator can lock. Once locked, user changes are restricted and the settings are applied to all print jobs. Once the settings are made, the Password settings option can be accessed. This lets an administrator control usage of paper and toner amounts: Black & White mode This option disables all color settings in the driver and prints all jobs with black toner only. EcoPrint This option locks the EcoPrint setting. Duplex This option locks the current Print on both sides setting selected in the Quick Print or Basic tab. Multiple pages per sheet This option locks the current Multiple pages per sheet setting selected in the Quick Print or Layout tab. The Pages per sheet option is not locked. Clicking the icon in the Quick Print tab, or the selection in the Layout tab, switches between the two-page and four-page options. In the Layout tab, all options are available and not limited to two-page and four page. Profile with application This option locks a defined profile of driver settings by application. Job tab This option locks settings selected in the Job tab. Security settings This option locks the Security Watermark in the Advanced tab. Security Watermark is an optional plug-in. Password settings The password set by the administrator temporarily unlocks driver features. It prompts the user for a password. When the administrator sets the password, the Unlock button appears in the driver tabs or the Application Based Printing dialog box. To unlock a feature, click Unlock and type the password. Printer Driver 2-7

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Device Settings
Lock Settings
An administrator can specify settings at the tab or feature level in the driver, and
then lock them. The settings are then applied to all print jobs, and changes are
restricted. The settings are locked in
Device Settings
>
Administrator
Settings
>
Lock Settings
. For example, a driver setting could be set for
printing duplex documents. This would save paper, resulting in cost savings and
ecological benefits.
Locking a setting will also lock the feature where it appears in other tabs. For
example, selecting
Lock Multiple pages per sheet
will also select and lock that
feature in the
Quick Print
and
Layout
tabs.
The administrator can also set a password that is required to temporarily unlock
a feature.
In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as
a restricted user.
Lock Settings Options
The
Lock Settings
tab displays driver settings that an administrator can lock.
Once locked, user changes are restricted and the settings are applied to all print
jobs. Once the settings are made, the
Password settings
option can be
accessed. This lets an administrator control usage of paper and toner amounts:
Black & White mode
This option disables all color settings in the driver and prints all jobs with
black toner only.
EcoPrint
This option locks the
EcoPrint
setting.
Duplex
This option locks the current
Print on both sides
setting selected in the
Quick Print
or
Basic
tab.
Multiple pages per sheet
This option locks the current
Multiple pages per sheet
setting selected in
the
Quick Print
or
Layout
tab. The
Pages per sheet
option is not locked.
Clicking the icon in the
Quick Print
tab, or the selection in the
Layout
tab,
switches between the two-page and four-page options. In the
Layout
tab, all
options are available and not limited to two-page and four page.
Profile with application
This option locks a defined profile of driver settings by application.
Job tab
This option locks settings selected in the
Job
tab.
Security settings
This option locks the
Security Watermark
in the
Advanced
tab.
Security
Watermark
is an optional plug-in.
Password settings
The password set by the administrator temporarily unlocks driver features. It
prompts the user for a password. When the administrator sets the password,
the
Unlock
button appears in the driver tabs or the
Application Based
Printing
dialog box. To unlock a feature, click
Unlock
and type the
password.
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