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I want to hide document names on windows printer queues

In some organisations it may be a requirement, especially in hold/release queues, to hide document names in the print queues. This is often a requirement because of confidentiality requirements such as the names of tender documents or perhaps commercially sensitive documents.

Note: This functionality is available on Windows print servers and affects all print queues on that server that are managed by PaperCut

  1. Open the print-provider.conf located in [app-path]\providers\print\win\
  2. Locate HideDocumentNames=off and change to HideDocumentNames=on
  3. Optionally locate HideDocumentNamesText=[hidden] and change [hidden] to a value of your choice
  4. Save the changes to the print-provider.conf
  5. Restart the PaperCut Print Provider Service

Note: If you are running any Secondary Print Servers then the print-provider.conf file will need to be changed on each Secondary Print Server.

Categories: Administration, Release Stations

Keywords: change document name, hide document name, hide doc name, confidential document, security, clear document name, hide print jobs

Page last modified on September 27, 2011, at 03:46 PM

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