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DL & RC Printing Guide for Service Centres

Best practices for handling customer-provided driving licence and vehicle RC files.

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Scope: This article discusses lawful printing and service-centre workflow. Use official authority websites for issuance, download, correction or verification of government credentials.

Customer authorization first

The customer should own, control or be authorized to handle the DL/RC file.

Use clear originals

Print from the original PDF or clear image. If data is missing or unreadable, obtain a fresh official copy instead of reconstructing it.

Keep record lookup separate

Do not market a print workflow as a way to access private vehicle or licence data without authorization.

Use private job queues

Staff should work from authenticated job records rather than forwarding sensitive files through personal messaging accounts.

Delete on completion

Remove cached previews, downloads and temporary uploads according to your documented retention period.

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