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The Printer Working Group

Making printers and multi-function devices work better with applications and operating systems.

3D Printing i

The PWG has defined an IPP extension for 3D printing using standard file formats and an associated XML print job ticket format.

IPP Everywhere™ i

Print to any network or USB printer without using special software from the manufacturer.

PWG Semantic Model i

Support multiple network protocols and job ticket formats using our abstract model.

Recent News

18 Sep 2023PWG Approved: PWG Media Standardized Names v2.1 (MSN)

Candidate Standard 5101.1-2023: PWG Media Standardized Names v2.1 (MSN) has been approved. This document defines standard colorant and media names and naming conventions to be used by other PWG specifications. These lists of names are a superset of the names that are defined in the Printer MIB v2 (RFC 3805) and various Internet Printing Protocol documents.

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11 Sep 2023PWG Approved: PWG Process 4.0

PWG Process 4.0 has been approved. This process document defines the fundamental entities, activities and procedures of the Printer Working Group.

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07 Mar 2023PWG Approved: IPP Driver Replacement Extensions v2.0 (NODRIVER)

Candidate Standard 5100.13-2023: IPP Driver Replacement Extensions v2.0 (NODRIVER) has been approved. This specification defines new attributes, values, and operations to support features, capabilities, localization, and status information that traditionally could only be provided by vendor- or model-specific drivers.

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02 Mar 2023PWG Approved: IPP Job Extensions v2.1 (JOBEXT)

Candidate Standard 5100.7-2023: IPP Job Extensions v2.1 (JOBEXT) has been approved. This specification defines the “media-col” Job Template attribute and extends the Job management, monitoring, and processing capabilities of IPP.

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06 Feb 2023PWG Approved: IPP Production Printing Extensions v2.0 (PPX)

Candidate Standard 5100.3-2023: IPP Production Printing Extensions v2.0 (PPX) has been approved. This specification defines attributes used for imposition, layout, and printing of covers, insert sheets, separator sheets, and different kinds of job sheets in high-volume “production” environments.

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08 Sep 2022PWG August 2022 Virtual Face-to-Face Meeting - Summary

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.

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02 Sep 2022IPP WG Approved: IPP Everywhere&tm; Printer Self-Certification Tools v1.1 Update 4

Version 1.1 update 4 of the IPP Everywhere&tm; Printer Self-Certification Tools are now available for download from the self-certification portal at:

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08 Jul 2022PWG Approved: IPP Finishings v3.0 (FIN)

Candidate Standard 5100.20-2020: IPP Everywhere&tm; Printer Self-Certification Manual v1.1 (SELFCERT) has been approved. This document defines IPP Everywhere&tm; 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&tm;” logo.

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