Print Server Setup on Windows Server via IIS

[Jezriah]

It is right to say that there is simply a increasing number of networked printers and print servers. Today to get a small clear printer structure is more and more difficult. The IIS provides the web interface. This allows the administrator to delete without administration jobs, and perform other small quick intervention. If this site is not called locally on the server refers to Connect in menu the link of each printer. Please click the link installed on the printer then the local system as a network printer. Possibly. Drivers are required by the IPP server to the client.

Step 1

Installation :

The IIS is a system component and is installed through the software wizard in Control Panel. It is important to note that in the field of Internet information services of the Web service and below are selection for the virtual directory for printer. By default, both points should be set as soon as you click the Internet Information Services. Please do not forget the MMC Snap-In!. Note: In Windows Server 2003 is called the Internet Printing and is not automatically selected.

If everything has been installed, as indicated above, Windows will start after the obligatory restart the web server independently and thus the IPP server. Further steps must be taken unless the IPP, the print server is now in any browser printers at http:// servername / reach. possibly existing firewall, the built-in Windows XP and Server 2003, must be prepared for the operation of the IPP server, otherwise it does not work. must be enabled for HTTP port 80, when using SSL port 443 in addition.

Step 2

Configuration

Since all the shared printers are accessible via the web interface, you should first think about how to control the access to the machines. There are several methods. I would, however, restricted to the three most important in order not to break the frame. Anonymous access First of all, you can control on the Web folder of the IIS in the MMC console to allow anonymous access. If anonymous access is configured, the order in the user context of the user "IUSR_ servername" is executed. Is now in print settings, the user group Everyone involved, the permission applies to" any "for all who can reach the server via HTTP! This makes sense if you do without detailed access control, because you have your users under control.

Here, the web server user name and password query. Since this is a standard HTTP 1.0, other operating systems are not locked out. For security reasons I would like to point out that here but both the authentication data, and the print data is transmitted without encryption. If only Windows computer to the IPP server and the PCs are in a domain, one is well advised by this method. Here, the default authentication mode Kerberos and NTLM. If no ready application server (can also be a Samba server), the Web server asks for the credentials.

[Sabastiaan]

There are some disadvantages of this also. That is that it is not equipped with resources board is not able to connect via IPP with a print server. But as a release anyway via RPC / SMB is generated this way for NT machines will remain open. That is the place you will need to take care. If the print server to be accessible via the Internet, it is recommended that in addition to the usual security measures such as firewall, regular updates, etc. To provide a printer via IPP, he must be willing only to the IPP server installed normally and then released as usual. It does not interest here is whether the printer is connected locally via USB or IEEE 1284 or via the network unreachable.

[Visala28]

IPP is an application protocol, which sends its commands via HTTP 1.1. In contrast to IPP defines WebDAV HTTP header and no new methods, and therefore needs no write access to the web server. It sends its commands and data with a binary encoding in HTTP POST requests. Companies such as Adobe, Xerox, Lexmark and HP are not uninvolved in the development and have the protocol partially integrated into their own products. The IIS is a component of the Microsoft Windows family. On client operating systems, he is known in the original version or as "Peer Web Services (NT), Windows 2000 and it is then the clients IIS.

[teenQ]

As mentioned above, the server can be via http:// servername / printers respond. It is specifically the use of the Internet Explorer recommended, because more options are available. You see, after calling the site initially all shared printers in a list. By clicking the appropriate printer name you will reach other options. If you now click Connect, then the printer installed locally. It will be the necessary drivers installed. It will examine whether the server via RPC / SMB can address. This is preferred for success. To tell if a printer is connected via IPP, on the name of the printer client system. Is this "printer xy to so the printer via IPP is bound. The address reads \ \ print server.