Internet Printing Protocol

The Internet Printing Protocol (IPP ) provides printing services over a network such as the Internet or a local network, available.

IPP is based on HTTP 1.1 and extended due to the application of bidirectional capabilities to allow status queries and messages. As a result, all of the extensions, which are provided for HTTP, also be used for IPP. These include, for example, the use of SSL to secure the connection.

According to the client -server system, a client, generally an application, a request to a print server for outputting the data on a printer according to transmission.

IPP is used, among other applications as CUPS. In addition, Microsoft offers Windows from Windows 2000 built-in support for IPP.