Printing Using Novell Internet Printing

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Printing Using Novell Internet Printing
Nikki Halligan Systems Engineer nhalligan_at_novell.c
om Brian Green Product Marketing Manager
Europe bgreen_at_novell.com
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Tutorial Objectives

• What is the Internet Print Protocol (IPP)?
• What have customers asked for?
• What is Novells IPP vision?
• How can I create my IPP Vision?
• What is the future for print?

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What is IPP?

• IPP is an application level protocol that can be
  used for distributed printing using internet
  tools and technologies.

IPP/1.1 Implementers Guide www.ietf.org/intern
et-drafts/draft-ietf-ipp-implementers-guide-v11-01
.txt
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Overview of the Internet Print Protocol

• Printer Working Group (www.pwg.org)
• Open standard RFC 2910, 2911,.
• Simple request/response protocol
• Runs on top of HTTP protocol
• Defines a protocol not an end-to-end print system

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IPP Semantics
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Protocol
Internet/local net
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Benefits of IPP

• Simple protocol
• Broad vendor support
• Works over the local network and Internet
• Provides for print data encryption (SSL,TLS)
• Provides a standard print protocol for all
  platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, )
• Network printers now support IPP protocol

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Registered PWG Vendor Support
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Customer Input and Feedback

• IPP support
• Customizable print environment
• Simplified user experience
• Global Access
• Location-based printing
• Mobile user/workstation
• Print without Novell Client 32
• Secure print channel
• User printers for Windows NT and 2000
• Automated printer removal
• Printer device modes

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Novells Internet Printing Vision
Global AccessOne Net Strategy
Secure (SSL/TLS)
Simple Browser Interface
Open Protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP,IPP)
Customizable View of Print environment
Superior Reliability
Print without the Novell Client
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What Technology Fits the Vision?

• Open protocolsTCP/IP, HTTP, IPP
• Global accessInternet, local network
• ReliableNetWare
• Simple interfaceInternet Browser
• SecureSSL, TLS
• CustomizableHTML, Javascript, Java

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Applying Technology to the Vision
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NetWare Components

• Management
• Access control
• Discovery
• Configuration
• Storage

eNDPS printer
HTTP Transport
IPP Printer
Network Printer
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NetWare Component Novell Distributed Print
Services (NDPS)
eNDPS printer
IPP client or NDPS client

• Print
• Manage jobs
• Manage printers

• Management
• Access control
• Discovery
• Configuration storage

• Host multiple
• printer agents
• Host gateways for
• non-eNDPS printers

• ENS notification
• SRS discovery
• RMS resources

Gatewayed Printer
NDPS broker
NDPS manager
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NetWare Component IPP Server

• NDPS manager, IPP server and HTTP stack must be
  hosted on the same box
• One IPP server enables IPP access to all of the
  printers in the NDPS manager
• IPP access must be enabled on each printer
  through NWAdmin
• Integrated with web servers security (SSL with
  Basic authentication)

IP/HTTP
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NetWare Component IPP Gateway

• Configurable from NWAdmin
• No dependencies on Enterprise Server or Novells
  HTTP stack
• Supports all IPP 1.0 and 1.1-compliant printers

Print client
IPP printer
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Novell IPP Client Components
Novell Browser Plug-in
Novell IPP Print Provider
Novell IPP/HTTP Library
Winsock / SSL Library
HTTP Transport
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Client Component Browser Plug-in

• ActiveX control
• Netscape Plugin
• Provides HTML interface to Novell IPP print
  services
• Printer capabilities, print job, printer status,
  set printer
• Job list, job status, job operations

Novell Browser Plug-in
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Client Component Print Provider

• Allows printing from applications

Provides standard set of printer folder
operations Add/delete printers Set
default Pause/resume printer List/delete jobs
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Client ComponentIPP/HTTP/SSL Support

• Library support for the plug-in and print
  provider
• HTTP 1.1 Communications
• IPP request/response protocol support
• SSL/TLS support
• Basic/Digest authentication

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Novells IPP Solution
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Novell Internet Printing

• Server installation
• Enabling IPP access to printers
• IPP Client installation
• IPP Printer installation
• Questions

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Installing Novell Internet Printing

• Requires NetWare with NDPS
• Server GUI install
• New or updated server modules
• HTML files
• Sample HTML files
• Novell IPP Client (ready to download via browser)

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Enabling IPP Access to the Printer
Select IPP Client Support tab
Select NDPS Printer Object to bring up the
printer control page
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Enabling IPP Access to the Printer
Enable IPP protocol
This checkbox will force all operations and data
to cross the wire encrypted with SSL
These are the URLs used to access this printer
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Installing the Novell IPP Client
Printer Install URL http//serverNameOrAddress/i
pp
Install Novell IPP Client
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Installing Printers to the Workstation
Install Printer
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Installing a Printer from the Browser
Novell IPP Print Provider
Winsock / SSL Library
IPP Driver Download (zip format)
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Myths About Moving to IPP

• It is going to be difficult
• I need new IPP printers/network cards
• Users will need to learn a new system
• Not proven to be interoperable
• Defines an end-to-end print system
• What others have you heard?
• Only a light-weight print protocol?

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Customizing Novell Internet Printing

• Why would I want to customize the print
  environment?
• What is available by default?
• Generated printer installation page
• What can I customize?
• View of print environment
• Frames on printer installation page

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Customizing Novell Internet Printing (cont.)

• Tools available
• Novell Map Design Tool
• Novell HTML plug-in guide
• Example HTML is available in syslogin\ippdocs
• Maps
• Novell print folder

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Customizing Your Print Environment

• Items needed
• Novell IPP installed on server
• Browser with Novell IPP Client
• HTML knowledge or book
• Printer URL
• Additional items for improved look and feel
• Maps of job site, building, .
• Other goodies (CGI script, Java Servlet)
• NDS browser tool

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Browser Plug-in Interface Using HTML

• Embed element (Netscape)/Object element (IE)
• Supported operations
• Get client information
• Install printer
• Remove printer
• Get printer status
• Get printer details
• Pause/resume printer
• List/purge jobs
• Print test page
• Send printer ready file
• Get job info
• Hold/release/cancel/restart job

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Novell Internet Printing Map Design Tool

• Manipulation of printers on a map
• Browser-based
• Show building/site maps
• Drag-and-drop printers to location on map
• Edit printer configuration parameters
• Edit background graphics

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Summary

• Incorporates customer feedback
• Extends the Novell Print vision
• Allows all IPP clients (Windows, Mac, Linux,
  Unix) to print to Novell Distributed Print
  Services (NDPS)
• Provides global access
• Industry standard with huge vendor support
• Simple, open-standard protocol for printing
• Browser-based printer installation
• Location-based printing
• Customizable print interface via browser
• Works with/without Novell Client32

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