Erasing Data On The Printer's Hard Disk - Canon imagePROGRAF iPF815 User Manual

Printer Parts > Hard Disk
For details, refer to the imagePROGRAF Printmonitor help file.

Erasing Data on the Printer's Hard Disk

You can erase data on the printer's hard disk from the Control Panel.
There are three ways to erase the data, as follows.
Erasure
Method
High
Speed
Secure
High Spd.
Secure
Note
• For a more secure method of preventing data recovery, we recommend physically or magnetically destroying
the hard disk. In this case, the hard disk can no longer be used.
• Erase HDD Data is not available if there is a job queue.
Also note that during execution of Erase HDD Data, print jobs cannot be processed.
1.
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Press the Menu button to display MAIN MENU.
2.
Press ▲ or ▼ to select System Setup, and then press the ▶ button.
3.
Press ▲ or ▼ to select Erase HDD Data, and then press the ▶ button.
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4.
Press ▲ or ▼ to select the method of erasure, and then press the ▶ button.
Erasing Data on the Printer's Hard Disk
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Erases file management data for print job data stored on the printer's hard disk. Choose this method for
relatively fast erasure. Because only the file management data is erased, the print job data itself is not
erased. Note that it may be possible to read this data using commercial data recovery software.
Overwrites the entire hard disk with random data. No verification is performed to check if the data was
correctly written. Choose this method to erase highly confidential data. Note that it may be possible to
read the overwritten data using specialized data recovery tools.
Overwrites the entire hard disk with 00, FF, and random data (one time each). Verification is performed
to check if the data was correctly written. Choose this method to erase especially confidential data. It is
virtually impossible to recover the overwritten data. Conforms to the DoD5220.22-M standard of the U.S.
Department of Defense.
Note
• If a password has been set on the printer, the Admin.Pswd screen is displayed. In this case, enter the
password and press the OK button to go to the next step.
Details
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