What if end-users in your organization could print to one virtual universal printer queue and release their print jobs on any hp printer or MFP in the company, when and where they want, just by authenticating?
This would definitely create very
significant productivity gains and reduce cost by
getting rid of unclaimed documents on the printers'
output tray. This is now possible with the SecureJet
Print PS software on server with SecureJet
Print SMP modules installed on hp LaserJet printers
and MFPs.
Print Jobs are retained on print servers until their release
SecureJet Print PS is a distributed server-based
application storing Unix, Windows, SAP R/3 and ERPs
print jobs on servers hard drives. Nothing else happen
until the owner authenticates on any
SecureJet Print-SMP enabled printer or MFP, to
reclaim his print jobs. The reclaimed print jobs are
then directly sent to the printer where the user stands.
SecureJet
Print-SMP is the client module for SecureJet Print-PS,
installed on MFPs and printers.
Productivity & security gains
Documents won't be produced until their owner is facing a printer, waiting for them. This reduces printing waste, increases documents confidentiality and lets users reclaim documents when and where they need them.
Your printer is not available? When SecureJet Print-SMP is combined with the SecureJet Print-PS server software, jobs are stored on remote print servers and released from any printer equipped with Print-SMP. One printer/MFP can query directly up to 5 SecureJet Print-PS print server, and every SecureJet Print-PS print server is a gateway to all other servers, providing a fully scalable distributed architecture.
You can then walk to any SecureJet-enabled printer or MFP on your Intranet to retrieve your jobs and jobs sent for you by colleagues.
It is also possible to secure document for another person or department. An admin can then print a contract that her boss will be able to release just by walking to a printer or MFP. This is also a great features for workers without PC or palmtop, such as hospital nurses (to get prescriptions or lab results), oil rig or factory workers.
Scalable distributed architecture, failover capability
Multiple SecureJet Print-PS servers can be running on the same Intranet to serve tens of thousands of users. SecureJet Print-SMP can access those servers in two ways:
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Up to 5 Print-PS servers IP address can be defined on each SecureJet Print-SMP configuration. SecureJet Print-SMP will contact those servers looking for your jobs. This is a solution very simple to setup. On the other hand it requires to communicate with each of those servers, therefore we don't recommend it for WAN usage (the next method should then be preferred).
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Up to 10,000 Print-PS servers can be setup on the Intranet, and they share a connection to a Microsoft SQL Server or MSDE database. On a MFP or printer, SecureJet Print-SMP is configured to access one Print-PS server. That PS Server will then manage automatically the retrieval of all jobs information from all Print-PS server on the Intranet, as well as deletion and release process.
Cluster, Citrix Metaframe and Windows Terminal Server compatible
SecureJet Print-PS runs under Windows 2000 and 2003 Cluster servers, for a maximum safety. Furthermore it is also compatible with Citrix Metaframe and Windows Terminal server, where they can complement the virtual desk with perfect virtual printer queue.
Expiration date for unclaimed job, and  Quotas for print jobs
Limits can be set for users: max size for stored print jobs and max storage time. This helps making sure the SecureJet Print-PS server hard drive won't choke due to too many unclaimed print jobs. such deletions are notified to job owners through the Win-Popup service.
Print jobs have an expiration date after which they are deleted if not printed, defined in hours and days or as a local time and date. To fully protect encrypted documents, such deletion happens before any decryption.
Simpler: one print queue to reach all printers and MFPs
By using SecureJet Print-PS, reduce the number of print queues you manage: only one printer queue is necessary on every PC, to reach any network printer equipped with SecureJet Print-SMP.
This is particularly useful for HotDesk printing: users have a new desk every time they comes to the office. It is then difficult for them to know how to print to a specific device, or confusing to define every time a new printer queue.
With SecureJet, it could not be easier: users always print to the same unique logical printer, and reach the closest SecureJet-enabled printer or MFP to authenticate and reclaim their documents.
Data encryption included
 All printer languages, whether it is Postscript or PCL5, can be viewed on a PC screen using the right utilities. It means that anybody can see what you are printing if print jobs data goes unprotected on the network. To protect your confidential data en-route to the printer/MFP, Print-PS comes with sophisticated print job data encryption capabilities. Every print job has a unique encryption key. This makes sure the print jobs cannot be rerouted to another device or archived en-route to the printer or MFP.
Print job encryption is provided standard in SecureJet Print-PS, at no extra cost.
Encryption plug-ins and filters are available for most Windows OS, Linux, HP-UX and SUN-Solaris systems.
Multiple logins are supported for users
Users have multiple logins, one for Windows, one for Unix, another one for SAP R/3?
SecureJet Print-PS can automatically assign all the user jobs to a primary login linked to the authentication (badge, PIN code, smartcard) used on printers and MFPs. This "Alias" system uses LDAP and Active Directory databases plus rules to find equivalences between the various alternate logins and the primary login.
Live LDAP and Active Directory ID validation for SecureJet Auth modules
 Print PS also performs live ID validation (badge number, PIN code, smartcard X509 ID) for SecureJet Auth modules, against LDAP and Active Directory servers.
The SecureJet Auth module provides the badge number, PIN code or X509 Smartcard certificate information to SecureJet Print-PS, who validates it against Active Directory or LDAP database servers. Those servers return the user information: user login, full name, email address and department name.
It is then possible to dynamically activate or deactivate an access to MFPs and printers by creating or disabling the corresponding Active Directory or LDAP user record.
Intuitive jobs release process from SecureJet Print-SMP 
Print jobs stored on SecureJet Print-PS servers are released by the SecureJet
Print-SMP module loaded on printers and MFPs.
On MFPs, users press the "My print jobs" front panel button. They are then requested to authenticate, using one of the built-in authentication or a SecureJet Authentication module. Upon valid authentication the users jobs list shows up:
It is also possible for the administrator to simplify even further the jobs release process, with two levels:
- All jobs are released instantly after a valid authentication, when using the front panel
button. The user then cannot delete or select print jobs, this is an all-or-nothing function. Authentication can also be used for other MFP functions.
- All jobs are release instantly when the user shows his badge to SecureJet Auth-PX,
Auth-SW and Auth-SC authentication agents. The user then cannot delete or select print jobs, this is an all-or-nothing function.
This works by switching SecureJet in the "instant release" mode to work like on printers
(read below). When that mode is activated, the SecureJet Authentication cannot work with any other MFP function, as it is dedicated to permanent badge scanning for secure jobs release.
On single function printers, just walk to the printer and authenticate on the SecureJet Auth reader or keypad (this depends on the Auth module installed on the device). All the user print jobs are instantly released, there is no need to go through the printer front panel menu options.
User authentication
Users may authenticate on MFPs for SecureJet Print-PS using any built-in authentication such as LDAP, Kerberos or Active Directory.
On printers and MFPs, SecureJet Auth modules authenticate using PIN codes, proximity badges, magnetic swipe cards, smartcard or biometrics.
Driver plug-in on client, server or application
A driver plug-in is available for client and servers, to secure SMP print jobs. They perform the link to user, expiration date management and the encryption. Plug-ins and filters are available for most Windows OS, Linux, HP-UX and SUN-Solaris systems.
If you write your own application, on a mainframe, Unix, Linux or other system, you can secure the delivery of documents by simply adding some commands in the print job header. All that is fully documented in the SecureJet Print-SMP manual.
Supported clients
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Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003
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SAP R/3, HPUX, Linux Red Hat/Fedora
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Novell servers Windows clients (printing from the client to the server done using LPR)
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Any ERP with editable print driver.
System requirements
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Windows 2000 Server/XP/2003 Server
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HDD capacity to store all print jobs
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TCP/IP between printers and server
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MS SQL Server for roaming printing
Please read the SecureJet
white paper (pdf) for all information on pre-requirements
and special features
Hundreds of users can be served by one SecureJet Print-PS server. The main limitation is the disk storage size on the server, as it is not uncommon to see some heavy PowerPoint or Acrobat color print jobs reaching the size of one Gigabyte.
When more users need to be served with SecureJet Print-PS, more servers can be setup and can be linked with the other Print-PS server to cluster the list of print jobs for a user.
Simple to install
Just insert the SecureJet Print SMP card inside the MFP or printer, or activate the license in SecureJet Auth.
Part number: SJPS001
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