Abstract: Examples of activating cloud services for a printing device are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a printing device activation process to activate a printing device is performed concurrently with a cloud credentials process to receive a cloud authentication token. A cloud services activation process then activates a cloud service for the printing device.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a request for a network credential. Examples include to acquire, in a first device, a request for the network credential from a second device. The first device to display a prompt for the network credential on a display. The first device to acquire an input network credential via a user interface device. The first device to determine whether the input network credential is valid to access a network and provide the input network credential from the first device to the second device when the input credential is valid.

Abstract: Examples of activating cloud services for a printing device are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a printing device activation process to activate a printing device is performed concurrently with a cloud credentials process to receive a cloud authentication token. A cloud services activation process then activates a cloud service for the printing device.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to a request for a network credential. Examples include to acquire, in a first device, a request for the network credential from a second device. The first device to display a prompt for the network credential on a display. The first device to acquire an input network credential via a user interface device. The first device to determine whether the input network credential is valid to access a network and provide the input network credential from the first device to the second device when the input credential is valid.

Abstract: A forensic marking system and method for identifying the printing device on which a medium was printed. Encoded forensic markings which identify the device but are of low perceptibility to the human eye are superimposed on the printed image. The markings have a color, size, density, and repetition pattern that only minimally affect print quality while providing highly accurate identification of the printing device, even if the printed medium contains high-density image content.