User Auth./Account Track: Setting the User Authentication/Account Track Function
This section provides various settings for User Authentication and Account Track functions to control the use of this machine.
User Authentication is suitable for managing individuals, and Account Track is for groups and multiple users.
Using User Authentication and Account Track in combination, you can manage the counters of each account with individual user counters included.
By setting the User Authentication and Account Track, an authentication screen is displayed when authentication is required. To be authenticated on the authentication screen, the user needs to enter a user name, password, and server name, or use an IC card.
When you switch the User Authentication setting between ON and OFF, all the administrative data related to authentication will be deleted for security purposes. Be careful when changing the setting.
Registered User Authentication and Account Track data can be exported using Web Connection. Exported data can also be imported. For details, refer to Import/Export.
User Authentication and Account Track
Each of User Authentication and Account Track provides the following functions.
General Settings
User Authentication allows you to set limitations on available functions for each user (Copy, Scan, Print, HDD Hold).
Make a count in output/scanning job for every user.
Account Track
Account Track allows you to set limitations on available functions for each account (Copy, Scan, Print, HDD Hold).
Make a count in output/scanning job for every account.
This machine accepts a total of 1,000 users and accounts to be registered. By default, 500 users and 500 accounts can be registered.
User Authentication and Account Track can be set to function asynchronously.
Synchronizing User Authentication and Account Track
This system configuration is suitable for tracking individual users managed by each department when the machine is shared with multiple departments. With this setup made, the machine allows you to maintain the statistics both on each employee (each user) and on each department (each account).
To manage the machine use as described above, the following settings are required in Authentication Method.
Menu item of Authentication Method | Required setting |
General Settings | Select [ON (MFP)]. |
Account Track | Select [Manage] and set an account name and password. |
Synchronize User/Account Track | Select [Synchronize]. |
User Registration/Account Name | Specify the account when [ON (MFP)] is selected for User Authentication. |
Using User Authentication and Account Track separately
This system configuration is suitable for tracking multiple use of the machine distributed to each project group when the machine is shared among multiple employees. With this setup made, the machine allows you to maintain the statistics on each employee (each user) and on each project group (each account). This also suggests that the statistics can be maintained on each project group (each account) even when two different employees (User 1 and User 2) are involved in the same project.
To manage the machine use as described above, the following settings are required in Authentication Method.
Menu item of Authentication Method | Required setting |
General Settings | Select [ON (MFP)]. |
Account Track | Select [Manage] and set an account name and password. |
Synchronize User/Account Track | Select [Not Synchronize]. |