1.11. Printer Security
The Print & Fax preference pane in System Preferences offers a few options for configuring access to shared printers and faxes. When sharing printers, only the printers that the user needs should be configured. Allowing a user to print to a printer that they shouldn't be using can cause confidentiality issues if the documents they are printing land in the wrong hands. To disable printers not in use, uncheck each printer on the Sharing tab (see Figure 1-13).
Figure 1-13. Printer sharing
If you do not need to allow access to printers installed on your computer, it is best to leave printer sharing disabled. If, however, ...
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