Getting Started
Congratulations on purchasing the Buypass Qualified Certificate for electronic Seal (QCeSeal) issued to your organization.
As soon as you have finished the installation, you can generate a qualified electronic seal on any PDF document from an ordinary office PC, on behalf of the organization.
Below you will find guidance on how to set up the device you have received, how it is used for sealing and verification, important information regarding security, as well as tips if errors occur.
For more help, contact Buypass Customer Services.
What is a Qualified Electronic Seal?
An “electronic seal” is similar to a digital signature but representing your organization/company and not you as a physical person. Many EU based recipients of formal documents such as agreements, declarations etc. require the document to be sealed with a Qualified Electronic Seal.
To be able to create a Qualified Electronic Seal it is required to have a Qualified Certificate for electronic Seal AND a Qualified Signature Creation Device (QSCD).
Setting up PDF reader (Acrobat DC)
Acrobat Reader DC (PRO) is the most widely used application for PDF based document management and the one used in this description. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat DC , go to http://adobe.com/ , download this application and follow the instructions for installation or contact your system administrator for advice on editing .PDF documents.
The certificate on the eToken shall appear in the certificate list in Adobe automatically. You can verify this by:
Open Acrobat Reader application.
Select: Edit>Preferences>Signatures
Select “Identities and Trusted Certificates Settings” and verify that your company name is on the list (in the example shown the company name is “Test AS”
Sealing a document
Acrobat Reader DC is the most widely used application for PDF based document management and the one used in this description.
Open the .pdf document to be sealed.
Select the icon “Certificates” in the Tools menu
In the certificates menu select “Certify (Visible Signature)”
Select Certify or Digital Signature
Place the signature frame where you want it o be visible in the document. You will now be asked to choose which certificate to sign with.
Select the certificate with the name of your business.
Enter the PIN associated with the certificate. You can find this on the code letter you have been sent from Buypass.
The document has been sealed and is ready to be distributed.
Verifying a sealed document
You can also use Adobe Acrobat Reader to verify that a document is sealed with a qualified electronic seal.
Open the document in Acrobat Reader or similar application. (here we have used Acrobat Reader)
Verify that the blue line show a green validation symbol and the text : Signed and all signatures are valid. (Note that the application uses the term “Signature” and not “Seal”. This is normal.
Select the pen-symbol in the left menu and expand the line showing signature/seal information.
Verify that the text: This is a Qualified Electronic Seal according to EU regulation 910/2014 Is shown which confirm that the document is sealed with a Qualified Electronic Seal.
