Axis Communications 5400 user manual Ipp, Overview, Macintosh OS/2 Windows NetWare

126 Section 10: IPP AXIS 5400 User’s Manual

Macintosh OS/2 Windows NetWare

Section 10 IPP

Overview

IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) is a TCP/IP based client-server protocol. IPP enables printing over any LAN or WAN supporting TCP/IP. The most prevalent example of this is IPP printing over the Internet, which is illustrated below.

Figure: The path of a print job from LAN to LAN over the Internet

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In practical terms this means that you can send documents to a remote printer as an addition to or replacement of fax and e-mail, with the same quality and color options of traditional network printing.