Secure Function Lock 2.0 from Brother helps you to save money and increase security by restricting the functions available on your Brother machine.
Secure Function Lock allows you to configure passwords for selected users, granting them access to some, or all, of these functions, or limiting them to a page limit. This means that only authorized people can use them.
You can configure and change the following Secure Function Lock settings using a web browser.
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| • | USB Direct Print |
| • | Copy |
| • | Page Limit |
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| • | Scan |
How to configure the Secure Function Lock 2.0 settings using Web Based Management (web browser)
Basic configuration
| 1 | Click Administrator Settings on the MFC-XXXX (or DCP-XXXX) web page, and then click Secure Function Lock. |
| 2 | Choose On from Function Lock. |
| 3 | Enter an up to 15 digit alphanumeric group name or user name in the ID Number/Name box and then enter a four-digit password in the PIN box. |
| 4 | Uncheck the functions that you want to restrict in the Print box or the Others box. If you want to configure the maximum page count, check the On box in Page Limit, and then enter the number in the Max box. Then click Submit. |
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Restricting PC print by PC user login name
By configuring this setting, the printer can authenticate by PC user login name to allow a print job from a registered computer.
| 1 | Click PC Print Restriction by Login Name. The PC Print Restriction by Login Name screen will appear. |
| 2 | Choose the ID Number you set in the ID Number/Name in step 3 in Basic configuration from the ID Number pull-down list for each Login Name and then enter the PC user login name in the Login Name box. |
| 3 | Click Submit. |
Note
| • | If you want to restrict PC print per group, choose the same ID Number for each PC login name you want in the group. |
| • | If you are using the PC login name feature you must also make sure that the Use PC Login Name box in the printer driver is checked. For more information about the printer driver, see Chapter 1 in the Software User’s Guide on the CD-ROM. |
| • | The Secure Function Lock Feature does not support the BRScript driver for printing. |
Setting up public mode
You can set up the public mode to restrict what functions are available for public users. Public users do not need to enter a password to access the features made available through this setting.
| 1 | Uncheck the check box for the function that you want to restrict in the Public Mode box. |
| 2 | Click Submit. |
Other features
You can set up the following features in the Secure Function Lock 2.0:
| • | All Counter Reset You can reset the page counter by clicking All Counter Reset. |
| • | Export to CSV file You can export the current page counter including ID Number / Name information as a CSV file. |
| • | Last Counter Record The machine retains the page count after the counter has been reset. |
| • | Counter Auto Reset Settigs You can automatically reset the page counters by configuring the time interval based on Daily, Weekly or Monthly settings. |
Note
| • | Secure Function Lock 2.0 can be configured using BRAdmin Professional 3; this is available as a download from http://solutions.brother.com/. This utility is only available for Windows ® users. |
| • | The configuration you have set on the control panel for Secure Function Lock is applied to the Web Based Management settings automatically. |
