Secure Print Direct settings

The Direct > Settings page brings together the settings for Secure Print Direct: how users sign in, registering users and their groups, cloud-based delivery, and who can change the page.

Section What it controls
Account level settings How users sign in to HP Insights services
User Registration Importing users, their cards and groups, and removing registrations
Delivery Sending jobs through the cloud when there's no direct route to the printer
Settings page lock Whether only System Administrators can change the page

Account level settings

The User Authentication Providers setting, in Account Settings > Settings, controls how users sign in to HP Insights services such as Secure Print and Secure Print Direct. The supported providers are:

  • OpenID Connect (OIDC), for Windows and macOS
  • SAML, for Windows and macOS
  • Internal email authentication and Active Directory authentication, for environments set up to use them before July 2026. Chrome Secure Print Direct doesn't support these two.

See User Authentication Providers.

User Registration

NoteUser Registration is on Direct > Settings if you have a Secure Print Direct-only license. If you have both Secure Print and Secure Print Direct licenses, it's on Secure > Advanced instead.

Use User Registration to manage print users and their identity data:

  • Import users: upload a CSV file to register many users at once, with details such as their email address, card ID and PIN, so they can sign in and release jobs without setting anything up themselves.
  • Remove Registrations: remove print users and their credentials, such as card IDs and PINs, when they leave or no longer need access.

Import users and their groups

You can assign a direct printer to one or more user groups. Only users in those groups can then find and add the printer. A printer with no group assignment is available to everyone.

To set up the groups, import a CSV file of users' email addresses and groups. The email addresses must match the user accounts in your OpenID authentication provider.

CSV field Required
EmailAddress Yes
UserGroups Yes, unless you include DataPrivacyRegion
DataPrivacyRegion Yes, unless you include UserGroups
CardID, FirstName, LastName No

Example CSV file with email addresses, card IDs, names, user groups and data privacy regions

1

Prepare the CSV file

Create the file, or start from the sample file you can download from the page.

2

Import it

Go to Direct > Settings, find User Registration, select Import, and choose the file.

3

Map the columns

Drag each column header from CSV columns on the left to the matching field in Data Columns on the right.

Mapping CSV columns to data columns

4

Check and finish

Select the Preview tab to check the mapping against the first 50 rows, then select OK.

Result

A window shows how many rows were processed and any errors.

Delivery

Turn on Enable Cloud-based delivery to send jobs through the cloud when a computer has no direct connection to the printer. Jobs then go straight to the printer through the cloud. See Off-network Direct IP printing through the cloud.

Lock the Settings page

Lock Direct > Settings to stop accidental or unauthorized changes. While it's locked, only System Administrators can edit it, and everyone else can only view it. You need the Site Encryption Key. See Save or recover the Site Encryption Key.

  • To lock it: go to Direct > Settings, select This page is unlocked. Click here to lock it., enter the Site Encryption Key, and select Lock. A lock icon appears.
  • To unlock it: select the lock icon, enter the Site Encryption Key, and select Unlock.

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