Preventing Unauthorized Copying - Ricoh Pro C5100s User Manual

1. What You Can Do with This Machine

Preventing Unauthorized Copying

You can print embedded patterns on printouts to prevent unauthorized copying.
• Using the copier function or the printer driver, you can embed a pattern in the printed document. If
the document is copied on a machine with the Copy Data Security unit, protected pages are
grayed out in the copy. This can minimize the risk of confidential information being copied. If a
document protected by unauthorized copy guard is copied on a machine that is equipped with the
Copy Data Security unit, the machine beeps to notify users that unauthorized copying is being
attempted.
If the document is copied on a machine without the Copy Data Security Unit, the hidden text
becomes conspicuous in the copy, showing that the copy is unauthorized.
• Using the copier function or the printer driver, you can embed text in the printed document for
unauthorized copy prevention. If the document is copied, scanned, or stored in a Document Server
by a copier or multifunction printer, the embedded text appears conspicuous in the copy,
discouraging such unauthorized copying.
• For details, see the printer driver Help and Security Guide
• For details about this function in the copier mode, see "Preventing Unauthorized Copies", Copier/
Document Server
• For details about this function in the printer mode, see "Printing Documents that Are Not Authorized
for Duplication", Print
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