Configuring default printer certificates manually

When not using the automated certificate management feature, MVE can help facilitate the process of signing the default printer certificate on a fleet of printers. MVE gathers the certificate-signing requests from the fleet, and then deploys the signed certificates to the proper printers after they are signed.

A system administrator must do the following:

1. Generate the printer certificate-signing requests.

   1. From the Printers menu, click Printer Listing .

   2. Select one or more printers.

   3. Click Security > Generate printer certificate signing requests .

   Note:  You can select one or more printers when generating certificate-signing requests, but only one set of requests can exist at a time. To avoid overwriting any existing certificate-signing requests, you must download the certificate-signing requests before generating another set.

2. Wait for the task to finish, and then download the printer certificate-signing requests.

   1. From the Printers menu, click Printer Listing .

   2. Click Security > Download printer certificate signing requests .

3. Use a trusted CA to sign the certificate-signing requests.

4. Save the signed certificates in a ZIP file.

   Note:  All the signed certificates must be in the root location of the ZIP file. Otherwise, MVE cannot parse the file.

5. From the Printers menu, click Printer Listing .

6. Select one or more printers.

7. Click Configure > Deploy file to printers .

8. Click Choose File , and then browse to the ZIP file.

9. In the File type menu, select Printer Certificates .

10. Click Deploy File .