Abstract: This chapter highlights different ways to configure and secure the Internet printing. Internet printing allows the users to share printers via the Internet information services (IIS) server, making it available for users to connect and print their documents using a web browser. Internet printing also facilitates in administration of printers via this method. Administrator can manage documents in the print queue, delete partially printed jobs, and pause and resume printers. This chapter describes how Internet printing works, and provides steps to configure the Internet printers. The chapter also focuses on the administrative tasks that allow the users to manage Internet printers and the details associated with this component. Internet printing is a web resource, and it is secured the same way web resource contents are secured. By default, only integrated Windows authentication is configured for Internet printing. This ensures that no anonymous access is allowed. Users are required to provide a valid username and password before connecting to the print server. Monitoring web access log files can also help in keeping track of the access details of the print server. Analysis of log entries helps to understand how Internet printers are accessed, and provides the details of when and which user accessed the server and which web browser the user is using. Access log files also give hints to help troubleshoot the print server if there are connection issues. One more benefit of enabling activity logging is that it allows the administrator to detect if there are unauthorized users trying to gain access to the Internet printers.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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