Typically, viruses transmitted via email require execution by the receiver. Attachments that are not valid files are
discarded by the PS-17. Because file types such as .BAT, .VBS, and .EXE can cause virus activity, the PS-17 does not
process these file types. The PS-17 also ignores emails in RTF (Rich Text Format) or HTML (Hypertext Markup
Language) format, and any included JavaScript code.
LDAP authentication
When LDAP communication is enabled to retrieve names and other information for people at your site, you can
specify the type of authentication.
For more information, see
Command WorkStation Help
.
Secure print
This option allows the printing of highly sensitive or confidential files.
A user printing a file with the printer driver assigns a password to the job. The user must then enter the password to
print the job at the printer control panel.
For more information about secure printing, see
Printing
.
Securely clearing job data
The Secure Erase feature provides a high level of document security by clearing job data from the PS-17 hard disk
drive after a job is deleted.
Each job data file is overwritten three times, which prevents recovery with disk recovery tools. The algorithm for
overwriting data is based on the DoD specification US DoD5220.22M.
How Secure Erase works
When a job is deleted from the PS-17, the job cannot be viewed or retrieved using software provided with the PS-17.
However, if the job was spooled to the PS-17 hard disk drive, elements of the job may remain on the hard disk drive
and can possibly be recovered with disk recovery tools.
Secure Erase clears job data securely from the hard disk drive by overwriting each job file three times. Secure Erase
applies only to deleted jobs.
We recommend leaving Secure Erase enabled at all times to ensure that data security is properly enforced.
Methods by which jobs can be deleted
Print jobs can be deleted in the following ways:
•
Users can delete jobs from the Hold queue.
•
Users can delete jobs from the Printed queue.
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When the Printed queue limit is reached, older print jobs are automatically deleted from the Printed queue.
•
Print jobs sent to the Direct connection are automatically deleted (although the jobs may be retrievable from the
hard disk).
Configuration and Setup
Configuring the PS-17 for your network and print environment
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