RFC 3196 (rfc3196) - Page 1 of 96
Internet Printing Protocol/1
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Network Working Group T. Hastings
Request for Comments: 3196 C. Manros
Obsoletes: 2639 P. Zehler
Category: Informational Xerox Corporation
C. Kugler
IBM Printing Systems Co
H. Holst
i-data Printing Systems
November 2001
Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Implementor's Guide
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document is one of a set of documents, which together describe
all aspects of a new Internet Printing Protocol (IPP).
Table of Contents
1 Introduction................................................... 4
1.1 Conformance language........................................ 5
1.2 Other terminology........................................... 6
1.3 Issues Raised from Interoperability Testing Events.......... 6
2 IPP Objects.................................................... 6
3 IPP Operations................................................. 7
3.1 Common Semantics............................................ 7
3.1.1 Summary of Operation Attributes............................ 8
3.1.2 Suggested Operation Processing Steps for IPP Objects....... 16
3.1.2.1 Suggested Operation Processing Steps for all Operations. 17
3.1.2.1.1 Validate version number............................... 18
3.1.2.1.2 Validate operation identifier......................... 20
3.1.2.1.3 Validate the request identifier....................... 20
3.1.2.1.4 Validate attribute group and attribute presence and
order................................................. 20
3.1.2.1.4.1 Validate the presence and order of attribute groups. 20
3.1.2.1.4.2 Ignore unknown attribute groups in the expected
position............................................ 21
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