Deterring Unauthorized Copying

Printing a concealed security watermark (Copy Protect)
Adding a stamp on the entire page (Stamp Repeat)
Adding copy restriction information (Copy Guard)
Adding a password (Password Copy)

Printing a concealed security watermark ([Copy Protect])

Text such as "Copy" and "Private" are printed in the background pattern as concealed text. This function is called the Copy Protect function.

When a copy-protected document is copied, the concealed security watermark appears on the entire page, thereby indicating that it is an unauthorized copy.

For details, refer to [Copy Protect] .

Reference

You can register and edit copy protect data using the Web Connection data management utility. For details, refer to [Managing the copy protect data] .

Adding a stamp on the entire page ([Stamp Repeat])

Stamp such as "Copy" and "Private" are printed on the entire page.

By printing text such as "Copy" or "Private" as a visible stamp, you can deter unauthorized copying.

For details, refer to [Stamp Repeat] .

Reference

You can register and edit stamp data using the Web Connection data management utility. For details, refer to [Managing the stamp data] .

Adding copy restriction information ([Copy Guard])

Copy Guard is a copy protection function that prints concealed security watermarks such as "Private" or a date in the background to prevent unauthorized copying, and embeds a copy restriction pattern on all printed sheets.

If an attempt is made using a device that supports the copy guard function to copy a sheet that has been copy protected, a copy guard pattern is scanned, the copying process is canceled, and the job is deleted.

For details, refer to [Copy Guard] .

Tips

The optional Security Kit is required to use this function. Also, the function must be enabled on this machine. For details on how to enable the function, refer to [Copy Guard] .
The Copy Guard function does not support color paper, envelopes and transparencies.

Adding a password ([Password Copy])

Password Copy is a copy protection function that prints concealed security watermarks such as "Private" or a date in the background to prevent unauthorized copying, and embeds a password for the password copy function on all printed sheets.

If an attempt is made using a device that supports the password copy function to copy a sheet that has been prepared for password copy, a password copy pattern is scanned and entry of a password is requested. Copying starts if the correct password is entered.

For details, refer to [Password Copy] .