Patent ID: 8665463

Claim:
A method in an electronic device including a network interface, the method comprising: providing, on the electronic device, a first printing device driver for a first printing device and a second printing device driver for a second printing device, the first printing device driver and the second printing device driver having access to a common secure printing device passcode storage location to acquire secure printing device passcodes, a secure printing device passcode being required at the first printing device or at the second printing device to print a document; storing at least one secure printing device passcode in the common secure printing device passcode storage location; receiving through a user interface a secure print input from a user, the secure print input including an intent to securely print a document; displaying at the user interface secure printing device information in response to receiving the secure print input, wherein the displaying comprises at least a list of the secure printing device passcodes and secure printing device passcode management with an option to select at least one of delete passcode, add passcode, and edit passcode; and sending a secure printing device passcode over the network interface to a printing device to securely print the document; wherein when a user selects the secure print option at the first printing device driver or at the second printing device driver, the electronic device causes the user interface to display a list of passcode choices with a passcode field pre-populated with default passcodes, to display an option to provide a new valid default passcode, and to display an option to provide a new named passcode for a target printing device that is then stored at the common secure printing device passcode storage location.