Patent 7536115 was granted and assigned to Lexmark International, Inc. on May, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A system, method, and article for sending secured data to an image forming device at a remote location. The secured data is unique to the image forming device or a specific class of image forming devices. The secured data is compared to data stored at the image forming device for verifying the identity of the image forming device. If the identity of the image forming device is verified, a setting adjustment of the image forming device is initiated based on the secured data.