Granted... this is a "random" exceprt... but it supports my argument
that the premis was to use existing web servers.
IPP> Desperately seeking info on HTTP servers and CGI scripts
Tom Hastings (hastings at cp10.es.xerox.com)
Wed, 4 Dec 1996 16:20:02 PST
"The IPP project has agreed as a goal that the IPP protocol can be
implemented
in an HTTP server as a CGI script that interfaces with a printer or print
system using whatever protocol that printer or print system supports so
that
no modifications have to be made to the HTTP server, except installing the
CGI script."
Harry Lewis - IBM Printing Systems
harryl at us.ibm.com