Chapter9 IPP Printing
9.1Introduction
IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) Printing provides a convenient way of remote printing service by TCP/IP. The print server can support IPP printing by default. It is needless to do any setting. Any PC that can support IPP printing, for example Windows 2000/XP, can directly uses the print server by IP. By using the IPP printing, you can share the printer to all the PC’s that can access the print server by IP. You can even share your printer to Internet users.
9.2System Setup
9.2.1Print Server Side
It is needless to do any setting on the print server side. Make sure the print server has correct IP settings. If you want to share the printers to Internet users, you have to set a real IP to the print server. You also have to make sure that any gateway, router or firewall does not block IPP protocol if you have these gateway devices installed in your network.
9.2.2Client Side
You only need to perform Window’s standard Add New Printer procedure, select “Network Printer” shown in the screen below and click “Next >”.
Select “Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network” and enter the URL of print server. The URL format is “http://IP/LPT_PORT:631”. The IP should be the print server’s IP. LPT_PORT is the port name of print server that your print is connected to. For the one port print server, the port name is “lpt1”. For the three port print server, the port name is one of the three – lpt1, lpt2 or lpt3. The last number 631 is IPP standard port number. One example of the URL is