Our members include printer and multi-function device manufacturers, print server developers, operating system providers, print management application developers, and industry experts. We make printers, multi-function devices, and the applications and operating systems supporting them work together better.
The PWG Call for Objections of the iPP Job Extensions v2.1 (JOBEXT) has begun.
The PWG Formal Vote of the IPP Production Printing Extensions v2.0 (PPX) specification is currently underway.
The PWG has defined an IPP extension for 3D printing using standard file formats and an associated XML print job ticket format.
Print to any network or USB printer without using special software from the manufacturer.
Support multiple network protocols and job ticket formats using our abstract model.
PWG Standards define all of the common network protocols used by your printer.
The PWG Last Call of the IPP Driver Replacement Extensions v2.0 (NODRIVER) is now underway.
The PWG Last Call of the IPP Production Printing Extensions v2.0 (PPX) is underway.
The PWG held its August 2022 Virtual Face-to-Face Meeting on August 16-18, 2022 via Webex teleconference. Representatives from Canon, Google, High North, HP Inc., Konica Minolta, Kyocera Document Solutions, Lakeside Robotics, Lexmark, Microsoft, Okidata, Qualcomm, Ricoh, TCS, and TIC attended the meetings, among others. Attendees reviewed work in progress, including drafts of a number of in-progress specifications, and discussed liaisons with partner groups. Here is a summary of the proceedings.
Version 1.1 update 4 of the IPP Everywhere™ Printer Self-Certification Tools are now available for download from the self-certification portal at:
https:// www.pwg.org/ ippeveselfcert/
Direct links to the tools are as follows:
https:// https:/ftp.pwg.org/ pub/ pwg/ tools/ sw-ippeveselfcert11-20220819-macos.zip / https:/ftp.pwg.org/ pub/ pwg/ tools/ sw-ippeveselfcert11-20220819-rhel.tar.gz / https:/ftp.pwg.org/ pub/ pwg/ tools/ sw-ippeveselfcert11-20220819-ubuntu.tar.gz / ftp.pwg.org/ pub/ pwg/ tools/ sw-ippeveselfcert11-20220819-windows.msi
This release fixes all known issues in the v1.1 tools and have been tested by myself and three other PWG members. Changes include:
Please use the updated tools for all new submissions.
Enjoy!
Candidate Standard 5100.20-2020: IPP Everywhere™ Printer Self-Certification Manual v1.1 (SELFCERT) has been approved. This document defines IPP Everywhere™ v1.1 Printer self-certification test procedures and the process required for PWG Members to register the test results on the PWG web site in order to use the “IPP Everywhere™” logo.