Security Settings

By default, all external IP addresses are restricted, and the software cannot accept jobs from the network. The local host (127.0.0.1) is allowed by default.

Allow printing from a new IP address or Range

To allow receiving jobs from external IP addresses, please click on the “Add New” button in the Security Settings section on General Settings Tab.

Type the IP address or Range from which you want to allow printing, select Allowed and click OK.

Allowed input formats:

Single IP, e.g.:          62.18.6.174

IP Range, e.g.:          10.21.1.1 – 10.21.1.78

IP Range, e.g.:          192.168.0.*

Allow any IP, e.g.:          *.*.*.*

To allow any IP address to access the BiLPDManager, modify the IP address to  *.*.*.*

For example:

Modify IP address or Range on list

To modify an IP address or Range already added to your list, please select it and click on the “Modify” button in the Security Settings section on the General Settings Tab.

Change the IP address or Range or change the status of the security and click OK.

Delete IP Address or Range from list

To delete an IP address or Range already added to your list, please select it and click on the “Delete” button in the Security Settings section on the General Settings Tab.

                References in INI file:

                                INI file location:

                                                %PROGRAMDATA%\Black Ice Software LLC\BiLPDManager\BiLPDManager.ini

                                Section:

                                                Security_Settings

                                Key:

                                                Nb_of_Security_Settings

                                                Value:

                                                               Number of security settings

                                Key:

                                                Security_1

                                                Value:

                                                                192.168.0.1-192.168.0.254,Allowed

                                Key:

                                                Security_2

                                                Value:

                                                                10.0.0.11,Allowed

                                Example:

                                                [Security_Settings]

                                                ;Number of security settings

                                                Nb_of_Security_Settings=2

                                                ;IP address or range, Allowed or Disallowed

                                                Security_1=192.168.0.1-192.168.0.254,Allowed

                                                Security_1=10.10.10.1,Disallowed