IPP Printing in Vista

IPP in Vista enables access to networked printers.

Internet protocols refer to standards or guidelines used to control how data transfers over computer networks. Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) in Vista supplies a network protocol for managing print jobs and for remote printing applications.

Vista

Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system utilizes IPP printing to allow clients, or software that accesses remote services via a server, to send IPP requests, which typically consist of values made up of binary code, or a series of ones and zeroes, to an IPP printer. The IPP printer then verifies the identity of the client and sends a response to the client, enabling access.

IPP Implementation

IPP printing in Vista implements via HTTP, or the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. HTTP refers to a communications protocol used to connect Internet servers. IPP printing in Vista enables clients to submit jobs to a remote or local IPP printer, query the status of the printer and the status of one or multiple print jobs, and cancel print jobs.

IIS

Vista users can utilize Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), or a Microsoft web server that adds HTTP server capabilities to the Vista operating system. IIS enables Vista users to generate webpages that provide IPP printing instructions over the Internet.

References

• Microsoft TechNet: Benefits and Purposes of Internet printing
• "Internet Printing Protocol"; Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, and Susan F. Henssonow; 2010

Resources

• "Windows Vista Inside Out"; Ed Bott, Carl Siechert and Craig Stinson; 2007