Printer Driver Certificate Pre-Installation for Silent Deployment
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printer driver installation methods, particularly in silent mode, require user interaction for confirmation screens due to security warnings, reducing convenience in office environments.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an installation configuration file that includes an automatic certificate installation setting, allowing silent installation of printer drivers without displaying security warning screens by pre-installing certificates in the operating system during distribution.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If silent installation method is used to distribute and install printer driver in office environment, then user burden is reduced and convenience is improved, but confirmation screen is displayed during installation requiring terminal user operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-installing the certificate in the information processing apparatus before the silent installation process. The installation configuration file includes setting information that instructs the system to install the certificate associated with the electronic signature in advance, so that when the driver installation proceeds, the confirmation screen does not appear because the certificate is already recognized by the system.
2Reliability
If certificate is not stored in certificate store, then security verification is maintained, but confirmation screen is displayed requiring user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary installation of the certificate into the certificate store before the driver installation process begins. The installation configuration file contains instructions that cause the certificate to be pre-loaded, so that when the driver with electronic signature is installed, the system already recognizes it and no confirmation screen is displayed, maintaining both security and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The certificate acts as an intermediary between the electronic signature on the driver and the security verification system. By pre-installing this intermediary component, the system establishes trust before the actual driver installation occurs, allowing the security verification to pass automatically without requiring user intervention.
Data Source
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
AI summary
A storage medium storing a program for installing a driver for controlling a peripheral device in an information processing apparatus. The program causes, in a case where a certificate of the driver is set to be automatically installed in the information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus to acquire the certificate, install the acquired certificate in the information processing apparatus, and install the driver in response to installing the certificate, without issuing a notification to a user.