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IPP Last modified: Friday, January 03, 2003
Short for Internet Printing Protocol, an Internet protocol that allows universal solutions to users trying to print documents from the Internet. The protocol allows the user to: find out about a printer's capabilities submit print jobs to a printer find out the status of a printer or a print job cancel a previously submitted print job IPP will be transferred using the HTTP/1.1 protocol because HTTP/1.1 has the ability to perform multiple transfers over a single TCP connection and because it is the most widely accepted protocol in the Internet marketplace. IPP was first drafted between Novell and Xerox with necessary support from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).
IETF IPP Working Group Charter Describes the IETF IPP working group and includes contact and mailing list information and links to Internet drafts and Request for Comments documents. IPP Documents Collection of IPP documents from the IETF. Resources for IPP Printer Working Group (PWG) page with links to IPP news items, documents, presentations, and PWG and IETF meeting agendas, minutes and presentations.	Related Categories Internet Protocols Standards Related Terms HTTP printer protocol TCP/IP