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Generate the printer certificate‑signing requests.
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From the Printers menu, click Printer Listing.
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Select one or more printers.
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Click Security > Generate printer certificate signing requests.
Note: You can select one or more printers when generating certificate-signing requests, but only one set of requests can exist at a time. To avoid overwriting any existing certificate-signing requests, you must download the certificate-signing requests before generating another set.
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Wait for the task to finish, and then download the printer certificate‑signing requests.
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From the Printers menu, click Printer Listing.
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Click Security > Download printer certificate signing requests.
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Use a trusted CA to sign the certificate‑signing requests.
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Save the signed certificates in a ZIP file.
Note: All the signed certificates must be in the root location of the ZIP file. Otherwise, MVE cannot parse the file.
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From the Printers menu, click Printer Listing.
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Select one or more printers.
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Click Configure > Deploy file to printers.
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Click Choose File, and then browse to the ZIP file.
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In the File type menu, select Printer Certificates.
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Click Deploy File.