Hard disk settings

This setting item is displayed by tapping Printer settings after tapping (Setup) on the HOME screen.

Important

• The administrator password is required to change settings if it is enabled for changing settings using the operation panel.

• Output method

  Selects the printing method for jobs received from software other than the printer driver. When using the printer driver, configure settings on the printer driver.

  • Print

    Performs printing as usual.

  • Print (auto delete)

    Deletes the data from the printer's hard disk after printing is completed.

  • Save to job box

    Only saves the print job in job box without printing it.

• Save first and print

  A setting for jobs received from software other than the printer driver. When using the printer driver, configure settings on the printer driver. Select ON to print the job after it has been saved.

• Common job box settings

  Select Print (auto delete) to print without saving jobs in common job box.

• File deletion settings

  Selects the data erasing method when deleting a Print job or Saved job, or when Print (auto delete) is selected in Output method or Common job box settings.

  • Fast

    Erases file management data for print job data stored on the printer's hard disk. Choose this method for relatively fast erasure. Because only the file management data is erased, the print job data itself is not erased.

  • Fast secure

    Erases the data encryption key specified for the hard disk drive. Specifying the encryption key again does not allow you to read and use data saved in the past safely and fast. Select to erase highly confidential data.

  • Secure

    Overwrites the entire hard disk with 00, FF, and random data (one time each) after the data encryption key specified for the hard disk drive is erased. Verification is performed to check if the data was correctly written. Choose this method to erase especially confidential data. It is virtually impossible to recover the overwritten data. Conforms to the DoD5220.22-M standard of the U.S. Department of Defense.

  • Secure (VSITR)

    Overwrites the entire hard disk with 00 next overwrites with FF after the data encryption key specified for the hard disk drive is erased. After repeating this process three times, the entire hard disk is overwritten with AA. It is virtually impossible to recover the overwritten data. Conforms to the guidelines of German Federal Government (VS-ITR).

• Data deletion

  Selects the method to delete data on printer's hard disk.

  • Erasing Data on Printer's Hard Disk