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AXIS 5600+
User’s Manual
Section 10: Print Server Features
125
IPP - Internet Printing Protocol
Introduced in Firmware Version 6.10
The AXIS 5600+ print server enables printing over the Internet with
IPP (Internet Printing Protocol), a developing industry standard that
allows users to print to remote printers across the Internet.
With IPP, a user with an Internet connection can send a document to
any Internet-connected printer. IPP is platform-independent and can
be used to print over any LAN or WAN that supports TCP/IP.
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.
In order to print to a remote printer using IPP, you need the following:
• An
IPP client
installed on your computer together with
appropriate printer drivers. The IPP client is a tool that adds
destination printers to your printer list. A list of available IPP
clients can be viewed in
Currently available IPP clients
, on page
126.
• The printer to which you want to send your print job needs to
be connected to
a print server with IPP functionality
. AXIS
5600+ makes it possible for your printer to receive printjobs
from an IPP client. The IPP-functionality of the AXIS 5600+
print server is automatically activated upon installation.
IPP Printing
Requirements
Before you print to an IPP printer you need to know:
•
the http:// address of the print server.
(The http:// address
contains the
IP address
or
host name
of the print server, the
port
number
(which is 631 and only used in the 1.0 standard)
and
the
printer port name
).
•
the brand and model of the printer
in order to install the
appropriate printer driver.
•
the printer port name
of the print server to which the printer is
connected.
