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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ira,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thanks for the comment.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I think it's better to use a different
term than "scanner" for the scanner subunit. Let's discuss the
group's concensus, or whether this should be discussed in the WIMS instead
of the MFD WG in the Thursday teleconference.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-Nancy</font>
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<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: owner-mfd@pwg.org</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">RE: MFD> [scanner term] Meeting Minutes
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<br><font size=2><tt>Hi,<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Good minutes, as always - one comment about 'Scanner'
subunit.<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>In WIMS/1.0 (an approved PWG Candidate Standard) and
thus in<br>
Counter MIB v1 (an approved PWG Informational Specification),<br>
there is a subunit named 'Scanner' that corresponds to the<br>
'Marker' (used in Print Device).<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>The confusion occurs because of the use of the obsolete
(and<br>
ambiguous) term 'Printer' to mean 'Print Device'.<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Thus, the WIMS XML schemas (and Counter MIB enumerations)
name a<br>
'Scan Service', 'Scan Device', and 'Scanner Subunit'.<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>MFD modelling work should NOT overload the ambiguous
term 'Scanner'<br>
to mean 'Scan Device'. The 'Copy' and 'FaxOut' services will also<br>
use the 'Scanner Subunit', but that does NOT mean that they will<br>
use the entire 'Scan Device'.<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>If we wish to replace the term 'Scanner' (for the
subunit) with<br>
some other term, then we need to make this decision and come to<br>
concensus quite quickly, since it breaks the 'Subunits.xsd' XML<br>
schema in WIMS and the 'IcSubunitTypeTC' textual convention in<br>
the Imaging State and Counter MIB (soon to move to PWG Last Call).<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>Cheers,<br>
- Ira<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<br>
Chair - Linux Foundation Open Printing WG<br>
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc<br>
PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839<br>
phone: +1-906-494-2434<br>
email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: owner-mfd@pwg.org [mailto:owner-mfd@pwg.org]On Behalf Of nchen@okidata.com<br>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 9:47 PM<br>
To: mfd@pwg.org<br>
Subject: MFD> Meeting Minutes for June 14 Teleconference posted<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>All,<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>The June 14 teleconference meeting minutes is now
available as:<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/mfd/minutes/pwg-mfd-minutes-20070614.pdf
and<br>
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/mfd/minutes/pwg-mfd-minutes-20070614.doc<br>
</tt></font>
<br><font size=2><tt>-Nancy<br>
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Nancy Chen<br>
Solutions and Technology<br>
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2000 Bishops Gate Blvd.<br>
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054<br>
phone: 856-222-7006<br>
email: nchen@okidata.com<br>
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