Unauthorized Copy Control

To prevent unauthorized copying, you can embed patterns and text beneath the print. You do not need a special paper to use this function. If a paper with text or image patterns is copied by a copier or a multi-function printer, either the patterns are printed vividly or the copy is grayed out, so as to protect the information on the original from leaking. To print with protection against unauthorized copying, you can use [Data security for copying] and [Mask type:].

This function is designed to discourage copying confidential documents; it does not prevent unauthorized use of information.
You must install the copy data security unit to gray out files protected by data security for copying that are stored in the document server or printed. You do not have to install the unit to print files that are protected by data security for copying.
You can use this machine to print files that are protected by data security for copying. However, because you cannot install the copy data security unit on this machine, copies of files cannot be grayed out when using data security for copying. If you print a file protected by data security for copying on a machine that supports copy data security, print will be grayed out.

The last blank page of booklet or duplex-printed documents that contain uneven page numbers can also be stamped. For example, when booklet or duplex printing a fifteen-page document, the sixteenth page (blank) can also be stamped.

To not stamp the last page, on the [Printer Configuration] tab, set [Spool format:] to [RAW].

When selecting [High speed], [Unauthorized copy...] is not available.
When selecting [Level Color], [Unauthorized copy...] is not available.
When selecting [Use error diffusion] and [Whole page], [Unauthorized copy...] is not available.