Restricting the Obtainment of Device Information from the Drive Using the Password

You can use a password to restrict the obtainment of device information from the printer driver.

When you attempt to obtain device information from the printer driver, this machine prompts you to enter the password. This enables you to restrict users who can obtain device information.

Select [Print Setting] - [Assign Account to Acquire Device Info] in administrator mode of Web Connection (or in [Utility] - [Administrator] of this machine), and configure the following settings.

Setting

Description

[Assign Account to Acquire Device Info]

When restricting the acquirement of device information from the printer driver using the password, set this option to ON (default: OFF).

  • [Password]: Enter a password to restrict device information to be obtained (using up to eight characters, excluding spaces and "). Inform users who obtain device information from the printer driver of the password you have entered in this field.