Erasing Data On The Printer's Hard Disk - Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6300S User Manual

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

Erasing Data on the Printer's Hard Disk

When erasing all data on the hard disk, choose from the following three options.
This operation is only available from the Control Panel.
Erasure
Method
High
Speed
Secure
High Spd.
Secure
Important
• 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.
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Additionally, print jobs are not processed during execution of Erase HDD Data.
1.
On the Tab Selection screen of the Control Panel, press ◀ or ▶ to select the Settings/Adj. tab (
2.
Press the OK button.
The Set./Adj. Menu is displayed.
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3.
Press ▲ or ▼ to select System Setup, and then press the OK button.
4.
Press ▲ or ▼ to select Erase HDD Data, and then press the OK 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 the Tab Selection screen is not displayed, press the Menu button.
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