With Black Ice ColorPlus and PDF Printer Drivers users can easily encrypt and secure PDF documents by simply checking the “Encrypt the printed document using a password”.
Every time a user prints a document, the user will be prompted for a password or the preconfigured password will be used.
The user can optionally pre-configure the “Password Setting”, on the Printer Manager > General tab > enable the Encrypt the printed document using a password option > click on the Password Settings button > Password Settings window.
On the Password Settings window, the user can select how to protect the printed document.
The following options are available:
Prompt the User for Password
During the printing process, the user will be prompted with the Encrypt with Password window to enter a password for the printed document and select the protection type of Viewing and Editing.
Viewing (User level) - If set, the document can only be opened with the given password with limited access specified by the owner.
Editing (Owner level) - If set, opening the document with the correct owner password allows complete access to the document. The printed document can be opened on user level without a password, but only with limited access specified by the owner.
If encryption is enabled, but the password is not set, the PDF document will not be encrypted and no password will be required to open the document.
NOTE: The password must be a maximum of 32 characters.
NOTE: The default encryption is 256-bit AES encryption (Acrobat X or later). To read more about how to select a different encryption, or configure further security settings, please refer to the Security options section of the manual.
Use the same passwords for every printed document
If the Use the same passwords for every printed document option is selected, the user can provide passwords for different access levels, which will be used for every printed document.
Password required to open the document (User level) - If set, the document can only be opened with the given password with limited access specified by the owner.
Password required to edit the document (Owner level) - If set, opening the document with the correct owner password allows complete access to the document. The printed document can be opened on user level without a password, but only with limited access specified by the owner.
If both user and owner level passwords are set, the document will be opened based on the level of password entered. If encryption is enabled, but no passwords are set, the PDF document will not be encrypted and no password will be required to open the document.
NOTE: The password must be a maximum of 32 characters.
NOTE: The default encryption is 256-bit AES encryption (Acrobat X or later). To read more about how to select a different encryption, or configure further security settings, please refer to the Security options section of the manual.
The default PDF Security features of the Printer Driver can be configured on the Printer Driver Printing Preferences:
Control Panel > Devices and Printers > right-click on the Printer Driver > Printing Preferences > File Formats tab > click on the PDF Settings button > Security tab
The following PDF Security features of the Printer Driver can be configured.
Secure PDF documents using: 40-bit RC4 encryption (Acrobat 3.0 or later), 128-bit RC4 encryption (Acrobat 5.0 or later), 256-bit AES encryption (Acrobat 9.0 or later), or 256-bit AES encryption (Acrobat X or later)
Restrict unauthorized users from viewing, printing, editing, and copying content from PDF files.
Password-protected PDF files, require users to enter a password to open or edit the file.