HP Jetdirect Print Servers - Administrator Guide

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Printer Password Synchronization. Many EIO printers

provide password-protected access to printer configuration and

status settings. The password is set through security Web pages

provided by the printer. For these printers, the administrator

password for the printer and the Jetdirect print server are

synchronized so that the same password is used to access both

printer and networking configuration pages. For printers that

support password synchronization, the same password is used

regardless of the embedded Web page (printer Security page or

networking Admin. Account page) in which the password was set.

If password synchronization is lost on these printers, recovery may

require one of the following procedures:

● Restore both the printer and the Jetdirect print server to

factory-default states (for example, through a cold-reset), and

then reconfigure your settings.

● Manually set the same administrator password using both the

printer Security page and the networking Admin. Account

page.

Certificates

(Full-featured HP Jetdirect print servers only) This tab provides

access to installation, configuration and management services for

X.509 digital certificates. A digital certificate is an electronic

message typically containing, among other things, a key (a short

string used for encryption and decryption) and a digital signature.

Certificates may be issued and signed by a trusted third party

(commonly called a Certificate Authority, or CA), which may exist

internal or external to the organization. Or certificates may be

“self-signed”, which is similar to validating your own identity.

Note While self-signed certificates are permitted and

allow data encryption, they do not ensure valid

authentication.

The Certificates page provides the status of the certificates

installed on the HP Jetdirect print server:

● Jetdirect certificate. The Jetdirect certificate is used to

validate the identity of the Jetdirect device to clients and to

network authentication servers.