Internet Mail Printing

The Internet Mail Printing System allows users to print data to your printer across the Internet. Users send the Internet Print Server an E-Mail, with the print job normally sent as an attachment to the E-Mail. The Print Server will retrieve the E-Mail and print it.

System Requirements

Mail Server

∙Accessibility. The Mail Server must be accessible by the intended clients or us- ers. Normally, this means a permanent connection to the Internet.

∙Protocols. The Mail Server must support the POP3 and SMTP protocols. The Internet Printing System uses these protocols and the most common E-Mail for- matting standards:

∙MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)

∙Base64 Encoding (for mail attachments)

Internet Print Server

∙TCIP/IP Protocol. The LAN must use the TCP/IP protocol.

∙Mail Server Access. The Print Server must be able to access the Mail Server using a single IP address.

∙Mail Account. The Print Server must have a Mail Account. Users print by sending an E-Mail to this mail account.

User (Client) Requirements

∙Internet Connection. Either through a LAN, or dial-up.

∙E-Mail address. This is used to notify the user that their print job has been done, or if there any problems.

∙Printer Driver. Users must have a printer driver which matches the printer con- nected to the remote Internet Print Server.

∙Print Capture Software. To print more than plain text, users require InterNet Printing Port software to capture the print job and convert it into an E-Mail attach- ment.

The Internet Printing Port software is available for the following operating systems:

∙Microsoft Windows 95

∙Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later.

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