Is the document security and communication in Printix secure? (FAQs)

Documents are encrypted and stored until they expire and/or get deleted. All Printix communication inside and outside the network is secured with encryption and the use of HTTPS protocol.

Documents

  • Documents are encrypted and stored until they expire and/or get deleted.
  • Documents do not leave your network, unless you enable additional functionality or printing via the cloud. See also: Which documents go via the cloud?
  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with a key length of 256 bits is used to encrypt documents.

Communication

  • All Printix communication inside and outside the network is secured with encryption and the use of HTTPS.
  • SNMP is used to collect information from printers. Both SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 is supported.
  • Print data is sent unencrypted to the printer, but with secure IPPS it can be sent encrypted to printers that support secure IPPS.
  • Printix Client will always use the highest available TLS version (1.2). However, to allow a seamless setup Printix Client does accept older and less secure versions of TLS, like 1.0. You may want to enable TLS 1.2 on all computers.