[Authentication and Accounting]

[Off]

Select this item not to authenticate users attempting to operate the printer.

When authentication is set to Off, the Account Administrator feature does not work.

[Local]

Select this item to use "login-allowed" user information pre-registered with the printer.

Selecting [Local] and clicking [Save] displays the [Initial Settings] dialog box.

[Network]

User information is registered from the remote accounting service.

Selecting [Network] and clicking [Save] displays the [Network Accounting Settings] dialog box.

[Remote]

Use this item to enable authentication against the remote authentication server. User information does not need to be registered with the printer.

Selecting [Remote] and clicking [Save] displays the [Remote Authentication Settings] dialog box.

[Failed Access Log]

Set whether to enable logging of authentication failures, and the number of login attempts to be recorded as failure.

[Limit Login Attempts of System Administrator]

Set whether to enable locking of the user account with system administrator permissions, and the number of login attempts allowed.

[Limit Login Attempts of Local User]

Set whether to enable locking of local users, and the number of login attempts allowed.

This item is displayed when configuring [Local].

[Server Response Timeout]

Set the timeout time applied when accessing the server.

This item is displayed when configuring [Remote] or [Network].

[Search Timeout]

Set the timeout time applied when searching user information.

This item is displayed when configuring [Remote] or [Network].

[Hide User ID (***)]

Set the way how logged-in user ID is displayed.

[Get User Details at Login]

Set whether to retrieve remote user information.

[Cache Login Credentials on Device]

Set whether to store user information used during remote authentication in the printer.

When the storing of login information into the device is enabled, once a user completes remote authentication, information on the user is stored in the printer, and thus the user can log in to the printer using user information stored in the printer even when the remote authentication server is not started at remote authentication.

[Delete Cached Login Credentials]

If you set [Cache Login Credentials on Device] to [Save], set whether to periodically delete user details stored upon remote authentication in the printer.

User details can also be deleted manually.

[Assign User Principal Name (UPN)]

Set whether to use the UPN (User Principal Name) format for user names.

[Guest User]

When [Log In to Remote Accounts] is selected in [Authentication/Accounting Type], set whether to allow users that are not registered with the remote authentication server to use the printer as guest users.

[Guest Password]

Set a password for guests.

[Retype Password]

Enter the password for guests again for confirmation.

[Use of IC Card]

Set whether to use IC card.

[IC Card Link Mode]

Set whether to use the IC card link mode.

[Input Settings]

Set character types allowed for user IDs at authentication.

[Minimum Length]

Set whether to restrict the minimum length of login passwords.

[Number of Characters]

If you choose to restrict the minimum length, also set the minimum number of characters.

[Maximum Length]

Set the maximum number of characters for login passwords.

[Password Contains User ID]

Set whether to use user names of their login password strings.

[Required Characters in Password]

Set character restrictions for the login password strings.