Lexmark Color Laser - Creating user accounts via EWS

Creating user accounts through the EWS
Creating internal (device) accounts for use with the evaluated configuration involves not only assigning a user ID
and password to each user, but also segmenting users into groups. You will select one or more of these groups when
configuring security templates, and then apply a security template to each device function, to control access to that
function. The MFP supports a maximum of 250 user accounts and 32 user groups.
Example: Employees in the warehouse will be given access to black and white printing only; administrative office
staff will be able to print in black and white, and send faxes; and employees in the marketing department will have
access to black and white printing, color printing, and faxing.
Scenario 1: Creating groups based on department
Security template Groups included in template Template will be applied to
basic_user
• Warehouse
• Office
• Marketing
Copy Function
color_user Marketing Copy Color Printing
fax_user
• Office
• Marketing
Fax Function
When creating internal accounts in Scenario 1, you would select the group that corresponds to the user's department.
Scenario 2: Creating groups based on device function
Security template Groups included in template Template will be applied to
basic_user black_and_white Copy Function
color_user color Copy Color Function
fax_user fax Fax Function
When creating internal accounts in Scenario 2, you would select the following groups for each type of user:
• Warehouse employee—Black_and_white group only.
• Office employee—Black_and_white group, fax group.
• Marketing employee—Black_and_white group, color group, fax group.
Step 1: Defining groups
1 From the EWS, click Settings > Security > Security Setup.
Note: For information about accessing the EWS, see “Using the Embedded Web Server” on page 15. Be sure to
disable HTTP and HTTPS access after you have finished using the EWS.
2 Under Advanced Security Setup, Step 1, select Internal Accounts.
3 Select Setup groups for use with internal accounts.
4 Type a Group Name.
5 Click Add.
6 Repeat steps as needed to add more groups.
Administering the device
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