[cups.general] Printing from Windows 7 to CUPS using IPP with SSL-encrypted Basic authentication

[Rick Cochran]

I have figured out how to print from MacOS X to Linux CUPS using IPP 
with SSL-encrypted Basic authentication.  Now I would like to be able to 
do this from Windows 7.

When I attempt to add a printer to Windows 7 using this URI:

   "https://cups-server.cornell.edu:631/printers/hp-p3015-auth"

I immediately get the following detailed love-note from Windows:

   "Windows couldn't connect to the printer"

I know from the CUPS error_log that the Windows client at least 
contacted the server and set up an SSL connection, but there is nothing 
else useful in either the CUPS logs or the Windows logs.

I am wondering if Windows finds the CUPS server's unsigned cert 
objectionable, but is too polite to say so.

Perhaps what I want to do is impossible.

-Rick