Using the MFP authentication together against in the case where an enhanced server has shut down

To manage users who use this machine via the enhanced server, you can use the MFP authentication together against in the case where an enhanced server has shut down.

Using the enhanced server authentication and MFP authentication together, you can use the authentication information temporarily saved on the machine to log in and use the machine even if the enhanced server has shut down.

  1. Select [User Auth/Account Track] - [Authentication Type] in administrator mode of Web Connection (or in [Utility] - [Administrator] of this machine), and configure the following settings.

    Setting

    Description

    [User Authentication]

    To use enhanced server authentication and MFP authentication together, select [ON (MFP + Enhanced Server)].

    [Update Billing Information]

    Select whether to overwrite existing billing information if the billing information that can be managed on this machine reached the upper limit when the enhanced server shut down (default: [Restrict]).

    [Default Authentication Method]

    If [User Authentication] is set to [ON (MFP + Enhanced Server)], select the preferential authentication method (default: [Enhanced Server Authentication]).

    [Number of Counters Assigned]

    If you have selected [ON (MFP + Enhanced Server)] in [User Authentication], assign a counter area to temporarily save information against in the case where an enhanced server has shut down.

    Up to 1000 counter areas can be specified combined with [User Counter].

    [External Authentication server setting]

    Set server authentication operations.

    • [Temporarily Save Authentication Information]: To temporarily save authentication information in the main unit against a case where an external authentication server shuts down, set this option to ON (default: OFF).

    • [Reconnection Settings]: Specify the timing to reconnect to the authentication server (default: [Set Reconnect Interval]).
      [Reconnect for every login]: Connects to the authentication server at the time authentication is carried out on this machine. If the authentication server is in the shutdown state at the time authentication is carried out on this machine, first confirm that the authentication server is down, and use the temporarily saved authentication information to log in to this machine.
      [Set Reconnect Interval]: Connect to the authentication server at the time specified in [Reconnection Time], and check the status of the authentication server. If the authentication server is in the shutdown state, use the authentication information temporarily saved in the main unit to log in.

    • [Expiration Date Settings]: When specifying the validity period to the temporarily saved authentication information, set this option to ON (default: OFF). Also, enter the expiration date.

    • [Overwrite User Info]: If [ON (MFP + Enhanced Server)] is selected in [User Authentication], [Allow] is specified forcibly. When the enhanced server authentication is used, the authenticated user information is also managed on this machine. If the number of users who have executed the enhanced server authentication reaches the maximum number of users this machine can manage, authentication of any new users will not be permitted. In this case, registered user information is overwritten.

  2. Select [User Auth/Account Track] - [Max. Allowance Setting when Enhanced Server down] in administrator mode of Web Connection (or in [Utility] - [Administrator] of this machine), and configure the following settings.

    supplementary explanation[Max. Allowance Setting when Enhanced Server down] is displayed when [Temporarily Save Authentication Information] is set to ON in step 1.

    Setting

    Description

    [Max. Allowance Setting when Enhanced Server down]

    When managing the maximum allowance for the number of printed sheets or the number of registered User Boxes on this machine when the enhanced server has shut down, set this option to ON (default: ON).

    [Print(Total)]/[Print(Color)]/[Print(Black)]

    To manage the maximum allowance for the number of printed sheets, specify the maximum allowance.

    [Personal User Box Allowance]

    To manage the maximum allowance for the number of registered Personal User Boxes, specify the maximum allowance.

    [Billing Allowance]

    To manage the maximum allowance for accounting, specify the maximum allowance.