03/19 09:16 Novell Hosts Internet
Printing Community Interoperability
Testing
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Novell Hosts Internet Printing Community Interoperability Testing
Open Internet Printing Protocol Will Allow Standardized Printing
Across
Internet
WHO: Novell(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: NOVL) is the world's leading
network software provider and a key partner behind the
development of an open standards-based Internet Printing
Protocol (IPP).
WHAT & WHEN: Novell, a leader in printing on the network,
continued its
commitment to open standards-based networking by hosting the
second IPP "bake-off," in which the printing community
tested interoperability of their solutions with the Internet
Printing Protocol. Twenty-five printer and software vendors
attended the bake-off at Novell's Orem, Utah, campus,
including Apple, AUCO, Axis, Canon, EFI, Epson, Extended
Systems, Fuji Xerox, Genoa, Hewlett-Packard, i-data, IBM,
JCI, Komatsu, Kyocera, Lexmark, Microsoft, Netsilicon,
Novell, Ricoh, Shinesoft, Sun, Tektronix and Xerox. All
successfully tested their solutions with IPP.
By working to deliver support for the Internet Printing
Protocol for future versions of Novell Distributed Print
Services (NDPS(TM)) on NetWare(R), Novell plans to
strengthen its market-leading position in supporting
directory-based Internet printing. At the Internet Printing
Protocol bake-off last week, Novell demonstrated its IPP
implementation, which marries the power of NDPS and Novell
Directory Services(R) (NDS(TM)) with the open standard
printing protocol IPP.
WHY & HOW: The Internet Printing Protocol will allow any user
with an Internet connection to send a document to any printer that
is connected to the Internet. Companies with mobile users or
remote employees will be able to use printers that support
IPP to easily send business materials directly to a printer
instead of e-mail, fax or overnight delivery. Users of
Novell's IPP implementation will also benefit from tight
integration with NDPS, which enables easy management of
users and printers.
CONTACT: Press may access Novell announcements and
company
information on the World Wide Web at
www.novell.com/pressroom.
About Internet Printing Protocol
The Internet Printing Protocol is designed to extend print-use
models by leveraging the Internet. The Printer Working Group
(PWG), a consortium of all major companies involved in printing,
developed the printing standard. The protocol now has been
ratified by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a formal
standard.
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