Easy Tips to Get Your Canon Printer to Be Encrypted

Encrypted printing helps protect confidential documents

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Several Canon printer users have registered queries regarding specific errors they come across, such as the Canon printer not being encrypted while making efforts to secure printed information.

Printers are mostly neglected and even overlooked when it comes to security awareness. For the few that note this, Encrypted printing is a significant measure to take note of.

However, what to do when the printer no longer accepts encrypted jobs? Or what to do when encrypted credentials have expired?

This can be a problem and prevent you from printing, but in this article, we’ll discuss how to fix it.

What is encrypted secure print?

An encrypted secure print is a term used for printing tasks, usually those that meet a standard for privacy to prevent the unauthorized use of printed information.

With a secured print, print information is protected until it is released by a user who has access through password or card authentication.

A secure print is kept encrypted during transmission and storage.

How do I get the Canon printer encrypted?

1. Enable secure printing

1. Click on your PC’sStartbutton.

2.Search forDevices and Printers.

Open theprinter folder.
Right-click yourprintericon and selectprinter properties or Propertiesfrom the dialogue box.

5.Click theDevice Settingstab and tick to mark theAllow Use of Secured Printcheck box.

Then, clickOK.

If you want to ensure your Canon printer is encrypted, you must first enable the secure printing option. This can be easily done via Printer properties within a few clicks.

2. Send secured documents from the computer to the printer

What does an encrypted job mean on a printer?

Encrypted job is used to mean all print jobs which are readily encrypted but are stored on the disk of the print provider as they await printing.

An encryption key is not the same as a password. The significant difference between the two is that passwords are humanly created, read, and remembered by a user.

At the same time, a key, on the other hand, is used by the software that implements the algorithm, meaning that it doesn’t have to be readable by a human.

Hopefully, the tips provided in this article will be helpful for you. You can also read through our detailed guide onfixing your printer encryption credentials whenever they expire.

Windows 10/11 users can fix theirprinter if it fails to respondby following our troubleshooting instructions.

Do not hesitate to use the comments section below for further questions or comments.

Easy Tips to Get Your Canon Printer to Be Encrypted#

What is encrypted secure print?#

How do I get the Canon printer encrypted?#

1. Enable secure printing#

2. Send secured documents from the computer to the printer#

What does an encrypted job mean on a printer?#