• find out about a printer's capabilities
• submit print jobs to a printer
• find out the status of a printer or a print job
• cancel a previously submitted print job

IPP will be transferred using the HTTP/1.1 protocol because HTTP/1.1 has the ability to perform multiple transfers over a single TCP connection and because it is the most widely accepted protocol in the Internet marketplace.

IPP was first drafted between Novell and Xerox with necessary support from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

IETF IPP Working Group Charter
Describes the IETF IPP working group and includes contact and mailing list information and links to Internet drafts and Request for Comments documents.

IPP Documents
Collection of IPP documents from the IETF.

Resources for IPP
Printer Working Group (PWG) page with links to IPP news items, documents, presentations, and PWG and IETF meeting agendas, minutes and presentations.