IBM Network Color Printer Administrator's Manual page 45

When the printer is first set up, no password exists. If you want a password to
be used, you must define it using this menu. If your key operator did not
create a password, you are not required to enter a password to use the Run
Setup menu.
Use the Change Password function based on who should have access to the
Setup menus. Access to the Setup menus enables you to choose commonly
used printer settings such as paper type.
Remember that if you use the Change Password function to assign a
password, users who do not know the password cannot use the Setup
menus .
Use the following procedure to set or change a password.
1. Access the System Setup menus.
2. Use the Menu Scrolling push buttons (the push buttons with the up or
down arrows on them) to scroll through the System Setup menus until you
see CHANGE PASSWORD on the second line of the display panel.
3. Press the Enter push button. CHANGE PASSWORD moves up to the first
line of the display panel and you see NO on the second line. NO is the
default.
4. Press the down Menu Scrolling push button to display YES on the second
line of the display panel. Press the Enter push button.
5. You see NEW PASSWORD on the first line of the display panel. Enter the
new password as follows. The password can be any combination of
letters and numbers up to 20 characters.
a. Use the Menu Scrolling push buttons to display the first alphanumeric
character of the password on the second line of the display panel.
b. Use the right Cursor Position push button to advance the cursor to the
next character position.
c. Repeat step 1 and step 2 for each character in the password.
d. When you finish entering the password, press the Enter push button.
6. You see VERIFY PASSWORD on the first line of the display panel.
Repeat step 5.
7. If the password you entered in step 6 matches the one you entered in step
5, you see PASSWORD CHANGED on the display panel. If not, proceed
to step 8.
a. Press the Menu push button 3 times. You see EXIT SETUP on the first
line of the display panel and the default setting, NO, on the second
line.
b. Press the down Menu Scrolling push button to see YES on the second
line.
c. Press the Enter push button. You see SAVE CHANGES on the first
line of the display panel and the default setting, YES, on the second
line. Press the Enter push button to save the changes.
8. If the password you entered in step 6 does not match the one you entered
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