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Configuring the IPP printing environment

Setting flow

IPP printing uses the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and prints information via the network.

IPP that is extended HTTP is used to forward printing data, enabling you to print data on a printer on a distance location via the Internet.

When using the IPP printing function, follow the below procedure to configure the settings.

  1. Configuring network settings of this machine (Here)

  2. Configuring basic settings for IPP Print (Here)

  3. Configuring settings to suit your environment

    • Performing IPP authentication (Here)

    • Establishing SSL communication (IPPS) (Here)

Configuring basic settings for the IPP printing

Configure the settings to use the IPP print function.

Select [Network] - [HTTP Server Setting] in administrator mode of Web Connection (or in [Utility] - [Administrator] of this machine), and configure the following settings.

Setting

Description

[IPP Setting]

When enabling IPP, set this option to ON (default: ON).

[Accept IPP Jobs]

When using the IPP print function, set this option to ON (default: ON).

[IPP HTTP Version Set.]

Select the version of the HTTP protocol for IPP communication (default: [HTTP/1.1]).

  • [HTTP/1.1]: Uses HTTP/1.1 only.

  • [HTTP/2, HTTP/1.1]: Uses HTTP/2 when connected to HTTP/2. In other cases, HTTP/1.1 is used.

[Support Operation]

Select whether to allow the following IPP operations.

  • [Print Job]: Allows a print job (default: ON).

  • [Valid Job]: Allows you to check a valid job (default: ON).

  • [Cancel Job]: Allows you to cancel a job (default: ON).

  • [Open Job Attributes]: Allows you to obtain job attributes (default: ON).

  • [Open Job]: Allows you to obtain a list of job attributes (default: ON).

  • [Open Printer Attributes]: Allows you to obtain printer attributes (default: ON).

[Printer Information]

If necessary, enter the printer information of this machine.

  • [Printer Name]: Enter the printer name of this machine (using up to 127 characters).

  • [Printer Location]: Enter the location where to install this machine (using up to 127 characters).

  • [Printer Information]: Enter printer information of this machine (using up to 127 characters).

  • [Printer URI]: Displays the URI of the printers that can print data using the IPP.

Using the IPP authentication

Configure a setting to use IPP authentication.

Select [Network] - [HTTP Server Setting] - [IPP Authentication Settings] in administrator mode of Web Connection (or in [Utility] - [Administrator] of this machine), and configure the following settings.

Setting

Description

[IPP Authentication Setting]

When using IPP authentication, set this option to ON (default: ON).

[General Settings]

Select an IPP authentication method (default: [requesting-user-name]).

[User Authentication Synchronization]

Select whether to synchronize the IPP authentication with the user authentication of this machine (default: [Do Not Synchronize]). This item is necessary when the user authentication is installed on this machine.

If [Synchronize] is selected, the registered user's authentication information of this machine is used as authentication information for IPP authentication. When [requesting-user-name] is selected in [General Settings], [Synchronize] is not available.

[User Authentication Information for IPP Print]

Select which login information is used for user authentication to manage IPP print jobs on this machine when [Synchronize] is selected in [User Authentication Synchronization] ([Prioritize IPP Authentication Information]).

  • [Prioritize IPP Authentication Information]: Uses the user name and password for IPP authentication.

  • [Prioritize PJL Information]: Prioritizes the user name and password for PJL, and uses the user name and password for IPP authentication only when there is no PJL description.

[User Name]

Enter the user name used for IPP authentication (using up to 20 characters, excluding colon ":").

This entry is required if you have selected [basic], [digest-MD5], or [digest-SHA2] for [General Settings].

[Password]

Enter the password for IPP authentication (using up to 20 characters).

This entry is required if you have selected [basic], [digest-MD5], or [digest-SHA2] for [General Settings].

[realm]

If [digest-MD5] or [digest-SHA2] is selected for [General Settings], enter the domain (realm) (using up to 127 characters).

[Validity Period]

Enter the validity period of IPP authentication information (default: [5] min.). If this value is set to [0] min., authentication information is discarded after authentication has been completed.

Communicating using SSL (IPPS)

You can enhance security by encrypting communication between the computer and this machine with SSL when using IPP printing on this machine.

  1. Register a certificate for this machine and enable SSL communication (Here).

  2. Select [Network] - [HTTP Server Setting] - [IPP-SSL Setting] in administrator mode of Web Connection (or in [Utility] - [Administrator] of this machine), and configure the following settings.

    Setting

    Description

    [IPP-SSL Setting]

    Select whether to use SSL communication or not (default: [Non-SSL Only]).

    • [Non-SSL Only]: Only non-SSL communication is allowed.

    • [SSL Only]: Only SSL communication is allowed.

    • [SSL/Non-SSL]: Both SSL communication and non-SSL communication are allowed.

To perform IPPS printing on a Windows computer, check the following points.

  • When using the IPPS to print data on this machine, configure settings for this machine using the following procedure.

  • "https://host name.domain name/ipp"
    For the host name and domain name, enter [DNS Host Name] and [DNS Default Domain Name] you specified for [TCP/IP Setting1] of this machine.

  • Confirm that the name resolution of this machine is possible using the DNS server from the computer. Register this machine in the DNS server in advance. In addition, configure DNS settings on the computer.

  • If the certificate of this machine is not the one issued by the Certificate Authority (CA), you must register the certificate of this machine in [Trusted Root Certification Authorities] of the computer.