RFC 3196
Internet Printing Protocol/1.1: Implementor's Guide
3.1.2.1 Suggested Operation Processing Steps for all Operations
This section is intended to apply to all operations. The next section contains the additional steps for the Print-Job, Validate- Job, Print-URI, Create-Job, Send-Document, and Send-URI operations that create jobs, adds documents, and validates jobs.
IIG Sect # Flow IPP error status codes
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v err
3.1.2.1.1 <Validate version> --> server-error-version-not-
supported
ok|
v err
3.1.2.1.2 <Validate operation> --> server-error-operation-not-
supported
ok|
v err
3.1.2.1.4.1- <Validate presence> --> client-error-bad-request
3.1.2.1.4.2 <of attributes>
ok|
v err
3.1.2.1.4.3 <Validate presence> --> client-error-bad-request
<of operation attr>
ok|
v err
3.1.2.1.5 <Validate values of> --> client-error-bad-request
<operation attrs> client-error-request-value-
too-long
<(length, tag, range,>
<multi-value)>
ok|
v err
3.1.2.1.5 <Validate values> --> client-error-bad-request
<with supported values> client-error-charset-not-
supported
ok| client-error-attributes-or-
values-
| not-supported
v err
3.1.2.1.6 <Validate optionally> --> client-error-bad-request
<operation attr> client-error-natural-language-
not-supported
| client-error-request-value-
too-long
| client-error-attributes-or-
values-not-supported
3.1.2.1.1 Validate version number
Every request and every response contains the "version-number"
attribute. The value of this attribute is the major and minor
version number of the syntax and semantics that the client and IPP
object is using, respectively. The "version-number" attribute
remains in a fixed position across all future versions so that all
clients and IPP object that support future versions can determine
which version is being used. The IPP object checks to see if the
major version number supplied in the request is supported. If not,
the Printer object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the 'server-
error-version-not-supported' status code in the response. The IPP
object returns in the "version-number" response attribute the major
and minor version for the error response. Thus the client can learn
at least one major and minor version that the IPP object supports.
The IPP object is encouraged to return the closest version number to
the one supplied by the client.
The checking of the minor version number is implementation dependent,
however if the client-supplied minor version is explicitly supported,
the IPP object MUST respond using that identical minor version
number. If the major version number matches, but the minor version
number does not, the Printer SHOULD accept and attempt to process the
request, or MAY reject the request and return the 'server-error-
version-not-supported' status code. In all cases, the Printer MUST
return the nearest version number that it supports. For example,
suppose that an IPP/1.2 Printer supports versions '1.1' and '1.2'.
The following responses are conforming:
Table 6 - Examples of validating IPP version
Client supplies Printer Accept Request? Printer returns
1.0 yes (SHOULD) 1.1
1.0 no (SHOULD NOT) 1.1
1.1 yes (MUST) 1.1
1.2 yes (MUST) 1.2
1.3 yes (SHOULD) 1.2
1.3 no (SHOULD NOT) 1.2
It is advantageous for Printers to support both IPP/1.1 and IPP/1.0,
so that they can interoperate with either client implementations.
Some implementations may allow an Administrator to explicitly disable
support for one or the other by setting the "ipp-versions-supported"
Printer description attribute.
Likewise, it is advantageous for clients to support both versions to allow interoperability with new and legacy Printers.3.1.2.1.2 Validate operation identifier
The Printer object checks to see if the "operation-id" attribute supplied by the client is supported as indicated in the Printer object's "operations-supported" attribute. If not, the Printer REJECTS the request and returns the 'server-error-operation-not- supported' status code in the response.3.1.2.1.3 Validate the request identifier
The Printer object SHOULD NOT check to see if the "request-id" attribute supplied by the client is in range: between 1 and 2**31 - 1 (inclusive), but copies all 32 bits. Note: The "version-number", "operation-id", and the "request-id" parameters are in fixed octet positions in the IPP/1.1 encoding. The "version-number" parameter will be the same fixed octet position in all versions of the protocol. These fields are validated before proceeding with the rest of the validation.3.1.2.1.4 Validate attribute group and attribute presence and order
The order of the following validation steps depends on implementation.3.1.2.1.4.1 Validate the presence and order of attribute groups Client requests and IPP object responses contain attribute groups that Section 3 requires to be present and in a specified order. An IPP object verifies that the attribute groups are present and in the correct order in requests supplied by clients (attribute groups without an * in the following tables). If an IPP object receives a request with (1) required attribute groups missing, or (2) the attributes groups are out of order, or (3) the groups are repeated, the IPP object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the 'client-error-bad-request' status code. For example, it is an error for the Job Template Attributes group to occur before the Operation Attributes group, for the Operation Attributes group to be omitted, or for an attribute group to occur more than once, except in the Get-Jobs response. Since this kind of attribute group error is most likely to be an error detected by a client developer rather than by a customer, the IPP object NEED NOT return an indication of which attribute group was
in error in either the Unsupported Attributes group or the Status Message. Also, the IPP object NEED NOT find all attribute group errors before returning this error.3.1.2.1.4.2 Ignore unknown attribute groups in the expected position Future attribute groups may be added to the specification at the end of requests just before the Document Content and at the end of response, except for the Get-Jobs response, where it maybe there or before the first job attributes returned. If an IPP object receives an unknown attribute group in these positions, it ignores the entire group, rather than returning an error, since that group may be a new group in a later minor version of the protocol that can be ignored. (If the new attribute group cannot be ignored without confusing the client, the major version number would have been increased in the protocol document and in the request). If the unknown group occurs in a different position, the IPP object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the 'client-error-bad-request' status code. Clients also ignore unknown attribute groups returned in a response. Note: By validating that requests are in the proper form, IPP objects force clients to use the proper form which, in turn, increases the chances that customers will be able to use such clients from multiple vendors with IPP objects from other vendors.3.1.2.1.4.3 Validate the presence of a single occurrence of required Operation attributes Client requests and IPP object responses contain Operation attributes that [RFC2911] Section 3 requires to be present. Attributes within a group may be in any order, except for the ordering of target, charset, and natural languages attributes. These attributes MUST be first, and MUST be supplied in the following order: charset, natural language, and then target. An IPP object verifies that the attributes that Section 4 requires to be supplied by the client have been supplied in the request (attributes without an * in the following tables). An asterisk (*) indicates groups and Operation attributes that the client may omit in a request or an IPP object may omit in a response. If an IPP object receives a request with required attributes missing or repeated from a group or in the wrong position, the behavior of the IPP object is IMPLEMENTATION DEPENDENT. Some of the possible implementations are: REJECTS the request and RETURNS the 'client-error-bad-request' status code
accepts the request and uses the first occurrence of the attribute
no matter where it is
accepts the request and uses the last occurrence of the attribute
no matter where it is
accept the request and assume some default value for the missing
attribute
Therefore, client MUST send conforming requests, if they want to
receive the same behavior from all IPP object implementations. For
example, it is an error for the "attributes-charset" or "attributes-
natural-language" attribute to be omitted in any operation request,
or for an Operation attribute to be supplied in a Job Template group
or a Job Template attribute to be supplied in an Operation Attribute
group in a create request. It is also an error to supply the
"attributes-charset" attribute twice.
Since these kinds of attribute errors are most likely to be detected
by a client developer rather than by a customer, the IPP object NEED
NOT return an indication of which attribute was in error in either
the Unsupported Attributes group or the Status Message. Also, the
IPP object NEED NOT find all attribute errors before returning this
error.
The following tables list all the attributes for all the operations
by attribute group in each request and each response. The order of
the groups is the order that the client supplies the groups as
specified in [RFC2911] Section 3. The order of the attributes within
a group is arbitrary, except as noted for some of the special
operation attributes (charset, natural language, and target). The
tables below use the following notation:
R indicates a REQUIRED attribute or operation that an IPP
object MUST support
O indicates an OPTIONAL attribute or operation that an IPP
object NEED NOT support
* indicates that a client MAY omit the attribute in a request
and that an IPP object MAY omit the attribute in a response.
The absence of an * means that a client MUST supply the
attribute in a request and an IPP object MUST supply the
attribute in a response.
+ indicates that this is not a IPP/1.0 operation, but is only
a part of IPP/1.1 and future versions of IPP.
Operation Requests
The tables below show the attributes in their proper attribute groups
for operation requests:
Note: All operation requests contain "version-number", "operation-
id", and "request-id" parameters.
Print-Job Request (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
printer-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
job-name (R*)
ipp-attribute-fidelity (R*)
document-name (R*)
document-format (R*)
document-natural-language (O*)
compression (R*)
job-k-octets (O*)
job-impressions (O*)
job-media-sheets (O*)
Group 2: Job Template Attributes (R*)
<Job Template attributes> (O*)
(see [RFC2911] Section 4.2)
Group 3: Document Content (R)
<document content>
Validate-Job Request (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
printer-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
job-name (R*)
ipp-attribute-fidelity (R*)
document-name (R*)
document-format (R*)
document-natural-language (O*)
compression (R*)
job-k-octets (O*)
job-impressions (O*)
job-media-sheets (O*)
Group 2: Job Template Attributes (R*)
<Job Template attributes> (O*)
(see [RFC2911] Section 4.2)
Print-URI Request (O):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
printer-uri (R)
document-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
job-name (R*)
ipp-attribute-fidelity (R*)
document-name (R*)
document-format (R*)
document-natural-language (O*)
compression (R*)
job-k-octets (O*)
job-impressions (O*)
job-media-sheets (O*)
Group 2: Job Template Attributes (R*)
<Job Template attributes> (O*) (see
(see [RFC2911] Section 4.2)
Create-Job Request (O):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
printer-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
job-name (R*)
ipp-attribute-fidelity (R*)
job-k-octets (O*)
job-impressions (O*)
job-media-sheets (O*)
Group 2: Job Template Attributes (R*)
<Job Template attributes> (O*) (see
(see [RFC2911] Section 4.2)
Get-Printer-Attributes Request (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
printer-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
requested-attributes (R*)
document-format (R*)
Get-Jobs Request (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
printer-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
limit (R*)
requested-attributes (R*)
which-jobs (R*)
my-jobs (R*)
Send-Document Request (O):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
(printer-uri & job-id) | job-uri (R)
last-document (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
document-name (R*)
document-format (R*)
document-natural-language (O*)
compression (R*)
Group 2: Document Content (R*)
<document content>
Send-URI Request (O):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
(printer-uri & job-id) | job-uri (R)
last-document (R)
document-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
document-name (R*)
document-format (R*)
document-natural-language (O*)
compression (R*)
Cancel-Job Request (R):
Release-Job Request (O+):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
(printer-uri & job-id) | job-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
message (O*)
Get-Job-Attributes Request (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
(printer-uri & job-id) | job-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
requested-attributes (R*)
Pause-Printer Request (O+):
Resume-Printer Request (O+):
Purge-Printer Request (O+):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
printer-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
Hold-Job Request (O+):
Restart-Job Request (O+):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
(printer-uri & job-id) | job-uri (R)
requesting-user-name (R*)
job-hold-until (R*)
message (O*)
Operation Responses
The tables below show the response attributes in their proper
attribute groups for responses.
Note: All operation responses contain "version-number", "status-
code", and "request-id" parameters.
Print-Job Response (R):
Create-Job Response (O):
Send-Document Response (O):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
status-message (O*)
detailed-status-message (O*)
Group 2: Unsupported Attributes (R*) (see Note 3)
n <unsupported attributes> (R*)
Group 3: Job Object Attributes(R*) (see Note 2)
job-uri (R)
job-id (R)
job-state (R)
job-state-reasons (O* | R+)
job-state-message (O*)
number-of-intervening-jobs (O*)
Validate-Job Response (R):
Cancel-Job Response (R):
Hold-Job Response (O+):
Release-Job Response (O+):
Restart-Job Response (O+):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
status-message (O*)
detailed-status-message (O*)
Group 2: Unsupported Attributes (R*) (see Note 3)
<unsupported attributes> (R*)
Print-URI Response (O):
Send-URI Response (O):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
status-message (O*)
detailed-status-message (O*)
document-access-error (O*)
Group 2: Unsupported Attributes (R*) (see Note 3)
<unsupported attributes> (R*)
Group 3: Job Object Attributes(R*) (see Note 2)
job-uri (R)
job-id (R)
job-state (R)
job-state-reasons (O* | R+)
job-state-message (O*)
number-of-intervening-jobs (O*)
Get-Printer-Attributes Response (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
status-message (O*)
detailed-status-message (O*)
Group 2: Unsupported Attributes (R*) (see Note 4)
<unsupported attributes> (R*)
Group 3: Printer Object Attributes(R*) (see Note 2)
<requested attributes> (R*)
Get-Jobs Response (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
status-message (O*)
detailed-status-message (O*)
Group 2: Unsupported Attributes (R*) (see Note 4)
<unsupported attributes> (R*)
Group 3: Job Object Attributes(R*) (see Note 2, 5)
<requested attributes> (R*)
Get-Job-Attributes Response (R):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
status-message (O*)
detailed-status-message (O*)
Group 2: Unsupported Attributes (R*) (see Note 4)
<unsupported attributes> (R*)
Group 3: Job Object Attributes(R*) (see Note 2)
<requested attributes> (R*)
Pause-Printer Response (O+):
Resume-Printer Response (O+):
Purge-Printer Response (O+):
Group 1: Operation Attributes (R)
attributes-charset (R)
attributes-natural-language (R)
status-message (O*)
detailed-status-message (O*)
Group 2: Unsupported Attributes (R*) (see Note 4)
<unsupported attributes> (R*)
Note 2 - the Job Object Attributes and Printer Object Attributes are
returned only if the IPP object returns one of the success status
codes.
Note 3 - the Unsupported Attributes Group is present only if the
client included some Operation and/or Job Template attributes or
values that the Printer doesn't support whether a success or an error
return.
Note 4 - the Unsupported Attributes Group is present only if the
client included some Operation attributes that the Printer doesn't
support whether a success or an error return.
Note 5: for the Get-Jobs operation the response contains a separate Job Object Attributes group 3 to N containing requested-attributes for each job object in the response.3.1.2.1.5 Validate the values of the REQUIRED Operation attributes
An IPP object validates the values supplied by the client of the REQUIRED Operation attribute that the IPP object MUST support. The next section specifies the validation of the values of the OPTIONAL Operation attributes that IPP objects MAY support. The IPP object performs the following syntactic validation checks of each Operation attribute value: a) that the length of each Operation attribute value is correct for the attribute syntax tag supplied by the client according to [RFC2911] Section 4.1, b) that the attribute syntax tag is correct for that Operation attribute according to [RFC2911] Section 3, c) that the value is in the range specified for that Operation attribute according to [RFC2911] Section 3, d) that multiple values are supplied by the client only for operation attributes that are multi-valued, i.e., that are 1setOf X according to [RFC2911] Section 3. If any of these checks fail, the IPP object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the 'client-error-bad-request' or the 'client-error-request- value-too-long' status code. Since such an error is most likely to be an error detected by a client developer, rather than by an end- user, the IPP object NEED NOT return an indication of which attribute had the error in either the Unsupported Attributes Group or the Status Message. The description for each of these syntactic checks is explicitly expressed in the first IF statement in the following table. In addition, the IPP object checks each Operation attribute value against some Printer object attribute or some hard-coded value if there is no "xxx-supported" Printer object attribute defined. If its value is not among those supported or is not in the range supported, then the IPP object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the error status code indicated in the table by the second IF statement. If the value of the Printer object's "xxx-supported" attribute is 'no-value' (because the system administrator hasn't configured a value), the check always fails.
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attributes-charset (charset)
IF NOT a single non-empty 'charset' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-
error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is greater than 63 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF NOT in the Printer object's "charset-supported" attribute,
REJECT/RETURN "client-error-charset-not-supported".
attributes-natural-language(naturalLanguage)
IF NOT a single non-empty 'naturalLanguage' value, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is greater than 63 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
ACCEPT the request even if not a member of the set in the Printer
object's "generated-natural-language-supported" attribute. If the
supplied value is not a member of the Printer object's
"generated-natural-language-supported" attribute, use the Printer
object's "natural-language- configured" value.
requesting-user-name
IF NOT a single 'name' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-
request'.
IF the value length is greater than 255 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF the IPP object can obtain a better-authenticated name, use it
instead.
job-name(name)
IF NOT a single 'name' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-
request'.
IF the value length is greater than 255 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF NOT supplied by the client, the Printer object creates a name
from the document-name or document-uri.
document-name (name)
IF NOT a single 'name' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-
request'.
IF the value length is greater than 255 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
ipp-attribute-fidelity (boolean)
IF NEITHER a single 'true' NOR a single 'false' 'boolean' value,
REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is NOT equal to 1 octet, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'
IF NOT supplied by the client, the IPP object assumes the value
'false'.
document-format (mimeMediaType)
IF NOT a single non-empty 'mimeMediaType' value, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is greater than 255 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF NOT in the Printer object's "document-format-supported"
attribute, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-document-format-not-
supported'
IF NOT supplied by the client, the IPP object assumes the value of
the Printer object's "document-format-default" attribute.
document-uri (uri)
IF NOT a single non-empty 'uri' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-
error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is greater than 1023 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF the URI syntax is not valid, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-
request'.
If the client-supplied URI scheme is not supported, i.e., the
value is not in the Printer object's referenced-uri-scheme-
supported" attribute, the Printer object MUST reject the request
and return the 'client-error-uri-scheme-not-supported' status
code. The Printer object MAY check to see if the document exists
and is accessible. If the document is not found or is not
accessible, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-not found'.
last-document (boolean)
IF NEITHER a single 'true' NOR a single 'false' 'boolean' value,
REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is NOT equal to 1 octet, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'
job-id (integer(1:MAX))
IF NOT an single 'integer' value equal to 4 octets AND in the
range 1 to MAX, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-request'.
IF NOT a job-id of an existing Job object, REJECT/RETURN 'client-
error-not-found' or 'client-error-gone' status code, if keep track
of recently deleted jobs.
requested-attributes (1setOf keyword)
IF NOT one or more 'keyword' values, REJECT/RETURN 'client-
error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is greater than 255 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
Ignore unsupported values, which are the keyword names of
unsupported attributes. Don't bother to copy such requested
(unsupported) attributes to the Unsupported Attribute response
group since the response will not return them.
which-jobs (type2 keyword)
IF NOT a single 'keyword' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-
request'.
IF the value length is greater than 255 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF NEITHER 'completed' NOR 'not-completed', copy the attribute and
the unsupported value to the Unsupported Attributes response group
and REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-attributes-or-values-not-
supported'.
Note: a Printer still supports the 'completed' value even if it
keeps no completed/canceled/aborted jobs: by returning no jobs
when so queried.
IF NOT supplied by the client, the IPP object assumes the 'not-
completed' value.
my-jobs (boolean)
IF NEITHER a single 'true' NOR a single 'false' 'boolean' value,
REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is NOT equal to 1 octet, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'
IF NOT supplied by the client, the IPP object assumes the 'false'
value.
limit (integer(1:MAX))
IF NOT a single 'integer' value equal to 4 octets AND in the range
1 to MAX, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-request'.
IF NOT supplied by the client, the IPP object returns all jobs, no
matter how many.
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3.1.2.1.6 Validate the values of the OPTIONAL Operation attributes
OPTIONAL Operation attributes are those that an IPP object MAY
support. An IPP object validates the values of the OPTIONAL
attributes supplied by the client. The IPP object performs the same
syntactic validation checks for each OPTIONAL attribute value as in
Section 3.1.2.1.5. As in Section 3.1.2.1.5, if any fail, the IPP
object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the 'client-error-bad-request'
or the 'client-error-request-value-too-long' status code.
In addition, the IPP object checks each Operation attribute value
against some Printer attribute or some hard-coded value if there is
no "xxx-supported" Printer attribute defined. If its value is not
among those supported or is not in the range supported, then the IPP
object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the error status code
indicated in the table. If the value of the Printer object's "xxx-
supported" attribute is 'no-value' (because the system administrator
hasn't configured a value), the check always fails.
If the IPP object doesn't recognize/support an attribute, the IPP
object treats the attribute as an unknown or unsupported attribute
(see the last row in the table below).
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document-natural-language (naturalLanguage)
IF NOT a single non-empty 'naturalLanguage' value, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-bad-request'.
IF the value length is greater than 63 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF NOT a value that the Printer object supports in document
formats, (no corresponding "xxx-supported" Printer attribute),
REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-natural-language-not-supported'.
compression (type3 keyword)
IF NOT a single 'keyword' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-
request'.
IF the value length is greater than 255 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
IF NOT in the Printer object's "compression-supported" attribute,
REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-compression-not-supported'.
Note to IPP/1.0 implementers: Support for the "compression"
attribute was optional in IPP/1.0 and was changed to REQUIRED in
IPP/1.1. However, an IPP/1.0 object SHOULD at least check for the
"compression" attribute being present and reject the create
request, if they don't support "compression". Not checking is a
bug, since the data will be unintelligible.
job-k-octets (integer(0:MAX))
IF NOT a single 'integer' value equal to 4 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-bad-request'.
IF NOT in the range of the Printer object's "job-k-octets-
supported" attribute, copy the attribute and the unsupported value
to the Unsupported Attributes response group and REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-attributes-or-values-not-supported'.
job-impressions (integer(0:MAX))
IF NOT a single 'integer' value equal to 4 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-bad-request'.
IF NOT in the range of the Printer object's "job-impressions-
supported" attribute, copy the attribute and the unsupported value
to the Unsupported Attributes response group and REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-attributes-or-values-not-supported'.
job-media-sheets (integer(0:MAX))
IF NOT a single 'integer' value equal to 4 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-bad-request'.
IF NOT in the range of the Printer object's "job-media-sheets-
supported" attribute, copy the attribute and the unsupported value
to the Unsupported Attributes response group and REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-attributes-or-values-not-supported'.
message (text(127))
IF NOT a single 'text' value, REJECT/RETURN 'client-error-bad-
request'.
IF the value length is greater than 127 octets, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
unknown or unsupported attribute
IF the attribute syntax supplied by the client is supported but
the length is not legal for that attribute syntax, REJECT/RETURN
'client-error-request-value-too-long'.
ELSE copy the attribute and value to the Unsupported Attributes
response group and change the attribute value to the "out-of-band"
'unsupported' value, but otherwise ignore the attribute.
Note: Future Operation attributes may be added to the protocol
specification that may occur anywhere in the specified group. When
the operation is otherwise successful, the IPP object returns the
'successful-ok-ignored-or-substituted-attributes' status code.
Ignoring unsupported Operation attributes in all operations is
analogous to the handling of unsupported Job Template attributes in
the create and Validate-Job operations when the client supplies the
"ipp-attribute-fidelity" Operation attribute with the 'false' value.
This last rule is so that we can add OPTIONAL Operation attributes to
future versions of IPP so that older clients can inter-work with new
IPP objects and newer clients can inter-work with older IPP objects. (If the new attribute cannot be ignored without performing unexpectedly, the major version number would have been increased in the protocol document and in the request). This rule for Operation attributes is independent of the value of the "ipp-attribute- fidelity" attribute. For example, if an IPP object doesn't support the OPTIONAL "job-k-octets" attribute', the IPP object treats "job- k-octets" as an unknown attribute and only checks the length for the 'integer' attribute syntax supplied by the client. If it is not four octets, the IPP object REJECTS the request and RETURNS the 'client- error-bad-request' status code, else the IPP object copies the attribute to the Unsupported Attribute response group, setting the value to the "out-of-band" 'unsupported' value, but otherwise ignores the attribute.
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