TABLE OF CONTENTS Internet printing was first introduced in Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.0. By using Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), it allows you to print documents and manage printers via a web browser, as if the printer was connected locally to your machine. If you decide to enable this component, be sure you follow the security guidelines and procedures outlined in this chapter to protect your Internet printing.
Configuring Internet Printing
Securing Internet Printing
Monitoring Internet Printing Access
When you are finished with this chapter you will have learned different ways to secure your Internet printing, as well as improved upon your overall knowledge of configuring Internet printing. You will also be able to restrict access and protect your shared printers.
Internet printing allows you to share printers via the IIS server, making it available for users to connect and print their documents using a web browser. Internet printing also allows you to administrate printers via this method. You can manage documents in the print queue, delete partially printed jobs, and pause and resume printers. For example, suppose your company has ten sales executives, each of whom receives orders everyday from different locations and is required to submit daily sales reports via e-mail to the sales manager at headquarters. The sales manager then prints out each report and hands it to the stock control department. By using Internet printing, the sales manager can instruct sales executives to print their report via the Internet at the end of...
