Windows Internet Printing
Windows XP and Windows 2000 allow two types of network print sharing: by UNC name or by URL. The latter is called Internet printing. The URL is of the form http://ServerName/Printers/ShareName/Printer. The URL identifies a Windows IIS service that uses an HTTP print server to access a print queue on the server.
Figure 14-23 depicts Internet printing on Windows 2000, but Windows XP IIP is functionally the same.
Figure 14-23. A panel from the Windows 2000 help file.
Alas, there is an interoperability problem. This Microsoft solution requires Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater to be able to connect to a printer using a browser ...
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