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Internet Mail Printing
The Internet Mail Printing System allows users to print data to your printer across the
Internet. Users send the Internet Print Server an E
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Mail, with the print job normally
sent as an attachment to the E
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Mail. The Print Server will retrieve the E
-
Mail and print
it.
System Requirements
Mail Server
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Accessibility.
The Mail Server must be accessible by the intended clients or us-
ers. Normally, this means a permanent connection to the Internet.
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Protocols.
The Mail Server must support the POP3 and SMTP protocols. The
Internet Printing System uses these protocols and the most common E
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Mail for-
matting standards:
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MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
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Base64 Encoding (for mail attachments)
Internet Print Server
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TCIP/IP Protocol.
The LAN must use the TCP/IP protocol.
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Mail Server Access.
The Print Server must be able to access the Mail Server
using a single IP address.
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Mail Account.
The Print Server must have a Mail Account. Users print by sending
an E
-
Mail to this mail account.
User (Client) Requirements
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Internet Connection.
Either through a LAN, or dial-up.
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E-Mail address.
This is used to notify the user that their print job has been done,
or if there any problems.
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Printer Driver.
Users must have a printer driver which matches the printer con-
nected to the remote Internet Print Server.
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Print Capture Software.
To print more than plain text, users require InterNet
Printing Port software to capture the print job and convert it into an E
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Mail attach-
ment.
The Internet Printing Port software is available for the following operating systems:
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Microsoft Windows 95
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Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 or later.
