Configuring Card Self-Registration

If you want users to self-register their swipe cards, you must enable this option in Web System Manager. When a user swipes an unregistered card for the first time at an MFP, they are required to login with valid User ID and Password. The User ID must already exist in CAS, or in the External authority defined to allow self-registration. The Password comes from one of the defined external authorities. Two-level authentication is required to register new cards, and the user must manually enter both primary and secondary login credentials.
  1. Open Web System Manager, and navigate to System Configuration > Global Configuration Settings > Configuration > 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. In the Authentication options section, do the following:
    • Select Card swipe only or Card swipe or keypad entry from the Input type drop-down list.
    • Select Always or Only with keyboard login from the Secondary prompt drop-down list. The If PIN2 available and If PIN2 available or keyboard login options are not supported by HP OXP devices, and will function as Always if selected.
    • Select the Auto-register primary PINs check box. Optionally, you can select Register as alternate PIN to record the PIN as the alternate PIN instead of the primary PIN.
  4. Click Save to save the changes and close the User authentication dialog box and return to the Global Configuration Settings page.
  5. Navigate to Configuration > Security and Authentication > External authentication and select an External authority – Windows or LDAP.
    Refer to External User Authentication in the Kofax Equitrac Administration Help file for more details on setting up an external user authentication method.
The next time the user swipes the card, their account information is automatically associated with the card, and they can login without manually entering their user credentials. However, if Secondary prompt is set to Always in Web System Manager, the user must enter a secondary PIN, or an external authority password after they swipe their card.