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D
Device Information Delivery
Registering device information in your machine enables you to set the machine to
deliver the same device information to other imageRUNNER machine models that are
connected to the same network. This enables you to easily manage multiple
machines at the same time.
Device signature certificate
The device signature certificate, when used with a private key inside the machine,
enables you to add a digital signature to a scanned document. This enables the
recipient to verify which machine scanned the document.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol which automatically specifies the
network settings of a client on a TCP/IP network. Many of the settings required to set
up TCP/IP, which is the standard protocol of the Internet, can be made automatically
using DHCP.
Digital signature
A code that can be attached to an electronically transmitted message, which uniquely
identifies the sender.
E
Ethernet
An industry standard LAN (Local Area Network) system for connecting multiple
computers. Data is sent from one computer to another by dividing it into packets, and
the packets reach their destinations smoothly without any collision with other packets.
F
Fine
A resolution mode for sending originals at twice the detail of the Standard resolution
mode.
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name. A full domain name, consisting of its local host name
and its domain name. An FQDN is sufficient to ascertain a specific Internet address
for any host on the Internet. This (name resolution) process uses DNS (Domain
Name System).