Configuring Authentication Prompts

The user authentication prompts on the MFP login screen are determined by your Equitrac configuration. .
  1. Open Web System Manager, and navigate to System Configuration > Global Configuration Settings > Security and Authentication > User authentication.
  2. Select one or more Authentication mechanisms:
    • Equitrac PINs – Select to connect an Equitrac print account with login information.
    • External user ID and password – Select to verify all user information outside of Equitrac.
    • Equitrac PIN with external password – Select if users swipe their cards for identification, and must also enter their domain user account password. Equitrac cross-checks the database for the corresponding Equitrac account name, then verifies the credentials against the selected external authority for network logon.
  3. Select one of the following Authentication options from the Input type drop-down list:
    • Card swipe only – Users authenticate with a swipe card.
    • Card swipe or keypad entry – Users authenticate with a swipe card or at the MFP front panel.
    • Keypad only – Users authenticate at the MFP front panel
  4. Select one of the following options from the Secondary prompt drop-down list:
    • Always – User must enter a secondary PIN via the keyboard after they swipe their card.
    • If PIN2 available – This option does not apply to Canon MEAP devices. If selected, this behaves as the Always option.
    • If PIN2 available or keyboard login – This option does not apply to Canon MEAP devices. If selected, this behaves as the Always option.
    • Never – Secondary PIN is not required.
    • Only with keyboard login – User must enter a secondary PIN if they entered their primary PIN via the keyboard (rather than with a swipe card). This option prevents users from typing in someone else’s primary PIN while still allowing valid users to login without a card.

Note: If a change is made to the Prompt for secondary PIN option, then you must re-initialize the device in order to enable the new selection.

  1. Select the Auto-register primary PINs check box if you want users to self-register their swipe cards. Optionally, you can select Register as alternate PIN to record the PIN as the Alternate PIN instead of the Primary PIN. See Configuring Card Self-Registration for details.
  2. In the Card setup section, enter the data start and stop position in the Use data from position fields.
  3. Click Save to save the changes.
For more details on configuring user authentication options refer to the Kofax Equitrac Administration Help file.