Glossary
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Watchdoc operating mode for automatically releasing print work. This mode is used to count printing for statistical purposes without requiring user validation. This mode may be combined with quotas setting the number of print outs allowed per user.
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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known as Rijndael, is a symmetric encryption algorithm approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) as part of its B1 suite of cryptographic algorithms, and is currently the most widely used and secure. (Source: Wikipedia)
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The analytical code is a code corresponding to a specific account to which the print jobs requested by users can be charged. This code allows printing costs to be broken down, facilitating cost accounting for this item.
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A bruteforce attack consists of testing, one after the other, every possible combination of a password or key for a given identifier in order to connect to the targeted service. This is an old-fashioned method, widely used by hackers. The time it takes depends on the number of possibilities, the speed with which the attacker tests each combination and the defenses he is up against. As this type of attack is relatively straightforward, an organization can have systems in place to protect itself from this type of behavior. The first line of defense is to block accounts after a limited number of failed authentications for the same identifier. The operation of the brute force attack is similar to that of the credential stuffing attack, but is less elaborate. (Source : https://www.cnil.fr/fr/)
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You should : check that CSR (Client Side Rendering) mode is enabled on the device (see Creating and configuring a queue); enable CSR on workstations. If the problem occurs when CSR is enabled (particularly on laptops), you should force it to be enabled.
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Terminal (sold by Cartadis) connected to a print device and allowing to enter a PUK code or a badge reader in order to release the on hold print job.
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Cross-Site Request Forgery. The aim of this attack is to send an authenticated user a falsified HTTP request pointing to an action internal to the site, so that he executes it without being aware of it and using his own rights. (Source :https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/)
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Since Watchdoc v6, a Domain is a group of servers operating in a master/slaves configuration. A domain has a specific interface called Domain Management. This makes it easier to administer the master server and the slave servers that depend on it.
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Domain Controller (or DC). The domain controller is a server that handles the interactions between the users and the domain, storing data relative to these interactions, including the process for opening the session, authentication and searching the directory. It generally serves to provide the Active Directory service to user and computers on the network.
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The Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) defines a minimal set of implementation constraints to enable secure Web Service messaging, discovery, description, and eventing on resource-constrained devices. Its objectives are similar to those of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) but, in addition, DPWS is fully aligned with Web Services technology and includes numerous extension points allowing for seamless integration of device-provided services in enterprise-wide application scenarios.
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A DSP is a microprocessor optimised to perform DSP applications (filtering, signal extraction, etc.) as quickly as possible. DSPs are used in most real-time DSP applications. They are found in modems (PSTN modem, ADSL modem), mobile phones, multimedia devices (MP3 player), GPS receivers, etc. They are also used in video systems, sound processing chains, wherever a complex signal is received that needs to be modified by filtering.
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Enhanced Metafile (or EMF) is a digital image format for Microsoft Windows systems and some printer drivers. It is an improvement of the WMF (Windows Metafile) image file with data encoded in 32 bits for improved quality.
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Enterprise mobility management (EMM) is a set of services and technologies designed to secure corporate data on employees’ mobile devices. While it can manifest itself in various ways, it generally consists of a suite of mobile management systems and services that protect intellectual property; specific processes that ensure the security of data; and systems that must integrate with a wide range of enterprise IT systems to meet a range of corporate concerns. (source : https://www.computerworld.com/)
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Action when a user account is assigned to a badge number belonging to them. Enrolment takes place when a badge is used for the first time. Enrolment may be performed by the IT services manager when they issue a badge to a user or by the user themselves by entering their ID (PIN, PUK or ID and password) which is then assigned to their badge number. Once enrolment is complete, the badge number is definitively assigned to their owner.
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Mode making the WES compatible with network equipment that manages load-balancing.
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This mode allows the user to select their account from a gallery, a list of accounts in the directory displayed on the device screen.
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation that is the reference text for the protection of personal data1. It strengthens and unifies data protection for individuals within the European Union. Officially known as EU Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament. The main objectives of the GDPR are to increase both the protection of individuals affected by the processing of their personal data and the accountability of those involved in that processing. These principles can be applied by increasing the powers of the supervisory authorities. (source: Wikipedia)
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In Watchdoc, a geosite is a label belonging to a structured list of geographical sites allowing the physical location of print configuration elements (print devices, servers, files, etc.). The list of geosites can be managed from the Watchdoc administration interface.
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(HA) Quality of a system, or part of a system (e.g., a device), for which the percentage of time it can be used is very high compared to the overall time it is in demand. (Source: OQLF) Watchdoc's high availability relies on monitoring the Watchdoc Service and the MS Windows spooler as well as securing connectivity between the workstation and the print server and between the print device and the print server.
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Internet Control Message Protocol is a network layer protocol (No. 3 in the OSI model) that controls transmission errors. In this way, a sending machine knows that there has been a network incident, for example when a service or host is unreachable. The Ping command is an example of an application that uses ICMP control messages. (Source : Wikipedia)
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The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) is a specialized communication protocol for communication between client devices (computers, mobile phones, tablets, etc.) and printers (or print servers). It allows clients to submit one or more print jobs to the network-attached printer or print server, and perform tasks such as querying the status of a printer, obtaining the status of print jobs, or cancelling individual print jobs. (Source: Wickpedia)
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In our documentation, the term Kernel refers to the Watchdoc service tasked with managing non-website printing.
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. This protocol is based on TCP/IP and was initially designed to allow querying and modifying directory services. It currently constitutes a standard for directory systems including various models: for data, naming, security and for replicating a functional model.
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Watchdoc module installed on a PC equipped with a printing device not connected to a network (but via a usb port or lpt 1 port) in charge of sending the print data to Watchdoc.
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The print queue belonging to a device that is not connected to the network. A Watchdoc agent installed locally on the device collects and returns the print data to Watchdoc.
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"Geosites" in previous versions) In Watchdoc, a location is a label belonging to a structured list of geographical sites allowing the physical location of print configuration elements (print devices, servers, files, etc.). The list of locations can be managed from the Watchdoc administration interface.
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In Watchdoc, unidirectional synchronisation mode. In this mode, a slave server calls the master and the master can then respond in the communication session established by the server.
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Minification (also minimisation or minimization) is the process of removing all unnecessary characters from the source code of interpreted programming languages or markup languages without changing its functionality. These unnecessary characters usually include whitespace characters, new line characters, comments, and sometimes block delimiters, which are used to add readability to the code but are not required for it to execute. Minification reduces the size of the source code, making its transmission over a network (e.g. the Internet) more efficient. (Source: Wikipedia)
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This mode allows the main print server to be backed up by one or more servers capable of handling requests in the event of a failure of the main server. This mode is not compatible with all device models (depends on make and model). It must be configured on the WES profile applied to the device.
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Old terminal (CopiCod-IP type) connected to a printing device, allowing the entry of a PUK code or the reading of a badge to unlock the pending prints.
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is the act of creating computer code (= instructions used to program computers) that is difficult for humans to understand, in order to reduce the code size and hide it from other people. (Source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org)
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Mode enabling the print device to operate in a degraded manner in the event of the print servers (main and backup) failing. In offline mode, printing is impossible, but the device's other functions can be offered: photocopying, faxing and scanning. If offline mode is disabled, in the event of a server failure, all device functions are blocked until the server is repaired. This mode is configured in the WES profile applied to the device.
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OpenLDAP is a free implementation of LDAP protocol maintained by the OpenLDAP project and distributed under the terms of the OpenLDAP Public Licence. Operating on a client/server mode, it comprises information of any kind, stored hierarchically.
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Function enabling the user to delete, from the WES, any pending documents (or pages) that they deem superfluous. This function is only available for PCL 6 format files.
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Online payment solution marketed by Verifone e-commerce allowing users subject to quotas to pay their prints online.
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PIN (Personal Identification Number) is a code comprising of at least four digits. It is used, for example, on a mobile or smartphone with a SIM card. The term PIN is not exclusively used by mobile phones as a PIN is also used for banking and may refer to any Personal Identification Number comprising of four or more digits.
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Since Watchdoc 5.2, the print ool is a logical pool designed to receive jobs waiting to be printedL The Pool (Job ticket pool) is used in particular to redirect jobs from one print queue to another in the event of a failure: thus, when a printing device is unavailable, all the other devices in the same pool can be called upon
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The Print Client Monitor Port is a proprietary print port, the communication link between the part that operates as the Spooler user and the part that operates as the System. It is a DLL executed as a user requesting printing and which communicates with the Windows Print Server.
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This is a Watchdoc operating mode for releasing print jobs after validation by the user from a dedicated interface (a terminal connected to the device or website). The other mode is the Accounting mode.
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The Watchdoc Print Client is an MS Windows® service announced in Watchdoc version 5.4, allowing the administrator to automatically install a network print queue on a workstation.
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Watchdoc PrintClient is an executable software Watchdoc executable software, supplied since Watchdoc version 5.4, that allows you to automatically install a network print queue on a workstation. Supplied as an executable file and launched from the workstation, this tool queries the Watchdoc server(s) to obtain the configuration of a default print queue and install it on the workstation, thus avoiding the technician to use the print manager.
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(Print User Key). In Watchdoc, this is a code associated with a user account to allow the user to authenticate in a WES. The PUK code is generated thanks to an algorithm. The user can consult it in the "My account" page of Watchdoc. For security reasons, we advise against using the PUK code and recommend using a login (user account)/PIN code.
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Credit of value units dedicated to printing and allocated to a user or group of users.
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"Raw", in printing applications, refers to a file format used for digital images. This is not a standard format, but a type of file created by devices like cameras or scanners, characterised by the fact that they have received very little computer processing and are therefore close to their native format.
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An action in which a user account is associated with its own card code. Registration is carried out the first time a card is used. The registration can be carried out by the IT manager when he issues the card to a user or by the user himself who enters his identifier (PIN code, PUK code or username and password) which is then associated with his card code. Once the registration is completed, the card code is permanently associated with its owner.
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an Internet-standard protocol for collecting and organising information about managed devices on IP networks and for modifying that information to change device behaviour. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks and more. SNMP is widely used in network management for network monitoring. SNMP exposes management data in the form of variables on the managed systems organised in a management information base which describes the system status and configuration.
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SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) is a messaging protocol that allows programs that run on disparate operating systems (such as Windows and Linux) to communicate using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and its Extensible Markup Language (XML). SOAP specifies exactly how to encode an HTTP header and an XML file so that a program in one computer can call a program in another computer and pass along information. SOAP also specifies how the called program can return a response. Despite its frequent pairing with HTTP, SOAP supports other transport protocols as well.
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In computing, spooling is a technique that consists of putting information in a queue (spool) before sending it to a peripheral. The information is queued by a first process while a second process (the spooler) reads it and sends it to the peripheral. The Print spooler for Windows is a spooling service designed to manage print jobs for this operating system. (Source: Wikipedia).
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Waiting queue before sending to the peripheral. The word 'spool' originally stands for 'simultaneous processing operations on line'. The print spool is the output file sent to the printing device. It contains all the commands the printer needs to execute in order to print one or more documents.
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WES function enabling the print properties to be modified during validation (e.g. proposing Black&White printing when the job has been launched in colour or proposing duplex printing when the user has only requested duplex printing). This modification can be proposed or imposed.
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Secure Sockets Layer. A protocol for securing exchanges over the Internet that became Transport Layer Security (TLS) in 2001.
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In the print context, a supply designates supplies other than the device itself that is needed for operation, such as ink cartridges, paper or staple cartridges, for example.
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The target directory is a directory where an Alias/Proxy directory undertakes searches to complete any information that it holds. For example, an Alias/Proxy directory containing the correspondence between a badge number and a login will complete the information relating to users, from their login, by searching the directory and therefore being designated as the target for the Alias/Proxy directory.
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TCPConv from Elatec is a device equipped with a USB or RS232 port for integrating peripherals into the local area network (LAN). Simply insert TCPConv into your device's existing LAN connection. To do this, TCPConv contains 2 LAN ports, which work like a network switch.
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The Watchdoc telemetry option (subject to a specific licence until v 5.5, then integrated by default in v6) allows you to use the Watchdoc Supervision Console (WSC). WSC is a tool that allows you to supervise the activity of all the components of the print fleet controlled by Watchdoc (servers, queues, WES and consumables) from a single interface. Activating this option enables Watchdoc operating data to be sent to the server hosting WSC.
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Transport Layer Security security protocol. Protocol for securing exchanges over the Internet. It replaced the SSL protocol in 2001. SSL and TLS are encryption protocols that fully guarantee communication security for all of the e-mails exchanged. These systems are widely used to guarantee communication security over the internet.
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The toner (either ink or powder), is used in photo-electric charged printing appliances, like laser printers and photocopiers where the major part of the toner is fine particles of plastics and resin. Thanks to a static electricity charge, the toner is polarised so that it can be transferred from one media to another, namely from the cartridge to a magnetic roller so that it forms an image on the photo-sensitive cylinder before it is deposited onto the sheet of paper. Then the ink is permanently fixed onto the sheet by heating it to approx. 180 degrees Celsius, in the fusion unit.
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Logical queue created exclusively for the Print API. It is created automatically by default, named ‘Secure Printring’ (identifier = UNIVERSAL.GLOBAL) and associated with the ‘Root’ location when Watchdoc is installed. It is preconfigured to redirect spool files to the global print pool (#global). This queue cannot be deleted. As originally configured, it cannot be used by WPC for Windows. For WPC for Windows to be able to use it, it must be configured (see Configuring the universal queue).
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Watchdoc operating mode to release the print jobs after the validation by the user from a dedicated interface (connected terminal to the device or by website web).
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In Watchdoc, a virtual queue is a queue that is not associated with any device, but is responsible for holding print jobs in order to direct them to the network device that the user will request. This type of queue comes into play when "print on demand" is enabled, which allows a user to start a print job without designating a specific printer and retrieve the print job from the device of their choice after authenticating to it. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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(Watchdoc Command Line) is a command line tool that allows you to generate recurring tasks in Watchdoc. In particular, it can be used to manage the Master/Slave configuration, create an ASSETS database, create external queues on a server, for example. ASSETS database, create external queues on a server, for example.
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Transfer protocol enabling files or entire directories to be made available via the Internet and transmitted to various devices (including printing devices). (Source: Ionos.fr)
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(Watchdoc Embedded Solution) WES is the name given to the Watchdoc interface within the printing devices. There are interfaces that are specific to each third party device and hence as many WES versions as there are device manufacturers. These interfaces serve to manage printing from the device itself.
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is an application (subject to licence) released with v5.4 that allows users to scan documents using Watchdoc and then send them to an email address or a folder accessible to the user.
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The Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) test signature program supports test-signing of drivers that will subsequently be submitted for a WHQL release signature. Independent hardware vendors (IHVs) that participate in this program can submit driver packages to be test-signed. (Source : https://learn.microsoft.com)
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