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Internet Printing Protocol/1
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group T. Hastings, Editor
Request for Comments: 2911 R. Herriot
Obsoletes: 2566 Xerox Corporation
Category: Standards Track R. deBry
Utah Valley State College
S. Isaacson
Novell, Inc.
P. Powell
Astart Technologies
September 2000
Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Model and Semantics
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document is one of a set of documents, which together describe
all aspects of a new Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). IPP is an
application level protocol that can be used for distributed printing
using Internet tools and technologies. This document describes a
simplified model consisting of abstract objects, their attributes,
and their operations that is independent of encoding and transport.
The model consists of a Printer and a Job object. A Job optionally
supports multiple documents. IPP 1.1 semantics allow end-users and
operators to query printer capabilities, submit print jobs, inquire
about the status of print jobs and printers, cancel, hold, release,
and restart print jobs. IPP 1.1 semantics allow operators to pause,
resume, and purge (jobs from) Printer objects. This document also
addresses security, internationalization, and directory issues.
Hastings, et al. Standards Track
