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Management and Configuration

Generating a Self- Signed Certificate

Generating a Certificate Request

1.Select the Generate Self-Signed Certificate radio button and click Next.

2.Enter the data asked for:

•Country Name: Example: US

•State or Province Name: Example: California

•Locality Name: Example: Los Angeles

•Organization Name: Example: Printers Inc

•Organizational Unit Name: Example: Sales Dept

•Common Name*: Example: printserver2@company.com

•Current Date (yyyy/mm/dd): Example: 2004/09/28

•Validity Duration (in days): Example: 365

*Common Name denotes the name given to the print server in the network. If you do not have a DNS server on your network, you must include the domain name, e. g. xxx@company.com

3.Click Finish and the print server will generate a public/private key pair as well as the self-signed certificate itself (this process will take a few minutes) and store these data in the print server. When the certificate is generated, the print server automatically loads it into your present browser session. The browser reports the new state by changing into https mode.

4.In the browser’s Security Alert box, select View Certificate and Install Certificate. Follow the instructions of the Install Certificate Wizard.

1.Select the Generate Certificate Request radio button and click Next.

2.Enter the data asked for:

•Country Name: Example: US

•State or Province Name: Example: California

•Locality Name: Example: Los Angeles

•Organization Name: Example: Printers Inc

•Organizational Unit Name: Example: Sales Dept

•Common Name*: Example: printserver2@company.com

•Current Date (yyyy/mm/dd): Example: 2004/09/28

•Validity Duration (in days): Example: 365

*Common Name denotes the name given to the print server in the network. If you do not have a DNS server on your network, you must include the domain name, e. g. xxx@company.com

3.Click Finish.

4.Now the print server will generate a public/private key pair and a PEM- encoded Certificate Request, called cert.pem. Click Save, Save this file to disk and Save.

5.Send this Certificate Request to your Certificate Authority for their signature.

Importing a When you receive the PEM-encoded certificate from your Certificate Certificate Authority, open the print server’s Web interface and select Admin

Security Settings. Click Import and follow the instructions on the screen.

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