Beyond their high cost, all those unclaimed documents on your printers output tray are a very critical security leak: any confidential information that falls into the wrong hands can be detrimental to your company. 
Imagine the consequences if printouts of your human resource or financial documents were whisked away by an unauthorized employee or a visitor before you can pick them up at the printer's output tray. The SecureJet Print SMP modules installed on hp LaserJet printers and MFPs is the solution, securing both the print jobs data and release.
Intuitive jobs release process 
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.
To release jobs from 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.
Print Jobs are securely retained inside hard disk drives 
SecureJet Print SMP is a module running inside the printer or MFP. It provides secure push printing by storing incoming secure print jobs on the printer or MFP hard disk drive (printer without HDD need to be equipped with a hard drive). Nothing will hapen until the owner walks to the printer and authenticates. His print jobs are then decrypted on the fly and printed instantly. On MFPs it is even optionally possible to display the jobs list and select those to print or delete.
Productivity & security gains
Documents won't be printed until their owner is facing the printer, waiting for them. This reduces printing waste, increases documents confidentiality and lets users reclaim all print jobs in one shot when they need them.
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.
 Unclaimed print jobs self-delete
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.
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-SMP 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-SMP. It uses DES for standard security, or 128bits AES+RSA2048 PKI public/private key for top encryption technology. Encryption plug-ins and filters are available for most Windows OS, Linux, HP-UX and SUN-Solaris systems.
Smart and dynamic shift-in shift-out of print flow for maximum throughput
The SecureJet Print-SMP firmware code does stand in the print path unless needed. It only steps in the print path when encrypted print jobs need to be decrypted. This ensures the printer prints at maximum speed for push and pull printing even for very large unencrypted print jobs, as there is then absolutely no difference in print performance compared to the same printer without SecureJet.
User authentication
Users may authenticate on MFPs 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.
Optional roaming pull printing, with distributed architecture
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.
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 and servers
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Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, 2003
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.
Simple to install
Just insert the SecureJet Print SMP card inside the MFP or printer, or activate the license in SecureJet Auth.
System requirements
SecureJet Print-SMP supports most hp LaserJet MFPs and printers.
Please read the SecureJet white paper for all information on pre-requirements
and special features
Regulation and compliance
Media is CE and FCC Certified
Media is WEEE and RoHS compliant
Part number: SJSMP001
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