HP Designjet Printers - Secure Disk Erase

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HP Secure Disk Erase

Version 1.0

October 4

, 2007

Abstract:

To meet the needs for higher levels of Print and Imaging security, HP has implemented a disk erase

feature which meets the U.S. Department of Defense 5220-22.M requirements for the clearing of disk

media. This paper describes this capability and related information.

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White Paper HP Secure Disk Erase Version 1.0 October 4th , 2007 Abstract: To meet the needs for higher levels of Print and Imaging security, HP has implemented a disk erase feature which meets the U.S. Department of Defense 5220-22.M requirements for the clearing of disk media. This paper describes this capability and related information. Notice: ©2007 Hewlett-Packard Company Microsoft®, Windows®, and Windows NT® are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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HP Secure Disk Wipe Table of contents 1 Introduction .....................................................................................................................3 2 Data Affected ..................................................................................................................3 3 Default Setting..................................................................................................................3 4 Specifications .........................................................
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HP Secure Disk Wipe 1 Introduction To meet the needs for higher levels of Print and Imaging security, Hewlett-Packard has implemented a security feature in which print jobs can be securely erased from the hard disk drive. This is the secure disk erase feature provided as a standard feature on supported Designjet printers.
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HP Secure Disk Erase b. Each byte of file data uses a unique random character from the buffer. c. The random character buffer is reused up to 32 times, and then regenerated using new random data. 4. To ensure successful completion of the write operation, each overwritten byte is verified. 5 Common Usage Environment The most common scenario under which administrators will use Sanitized Erase or Secure Erase modes is when devices are being used in a highly secure environment.
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HP Secure Disk Wipe For more information about HP Web Jetadmin security plug-ins, see Questions and Answers later in this paper. The default disk erase mode is Non-Secure Fast Erase, and no file system access password is set. To set a password and the secure disk erase mode, the administrator will choose the device(s) through the Device List (double click on the device(s)) in HP Web Jetadmin (see Figure 1 earlier). To set a system access password or select/change secure disk erase modes: 1.
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HP Secure Disk Erase • HP Designjet Z6100 10 Questions and Answers • Question: Can the secure disk erase feature be accessed through the Embedded Web Server or via the MFP control panel? Answer: Access to the secure disk erase feature is controlled through HP Web JetAdmin. • Question: Where can HP Web JetAdmin be downloaded? Answer: HP Web JetAdmin can be downloaded free from: http://www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin. • Question: What is the process to update to HP Web JetAdmin 7.