[Sussex] Secure printing

Richie Jarvis richie at helkit.com
Tue Jan 6 13:35:45 UTC 2009


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Brendan BT Account wrote:
> We are quoting for an NHS job where they want secure transmission of 
> patient data. HTTPS will securely handle information between browsers 
> and the servers and we can encrypt/password protect any downloadable 
> reports. However, printing would seem to be more tricky as by default 
> Postscript and raw text files (to label printers) are unencrypted. 
> Secure Jet  (http://www.artimbilisim.com/urun09/SecureJET.pdf) would 
> seem to be handle laser printers. Has anyone experience in encrypting 
> printer output or any suggestions?  Thanks, Brendan

You could also use OpenVPN to put any printers onto a secure LAN, and
protect the content that way.

Steve's right though - it does seem like a bit of a farce!

Richi
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