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<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ira,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>One of
the goals of this MIB was to keep it light weight and not load it up with all
the normal extras we</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>put in
the MIB to meet all the imposed requirements. In this case it does not
seem to be necessary to</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>have
both a descriptive name and a description. Both Mike and Paul have
agreed. If we follow your</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>suggestion, the name will end up being a very generic name installed by
the manufacturer and not of</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>much
use to the "port installer" function. The whole purpose of calling this
a descriptive name was to</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>eliminate the need for the 2 objects. Let's change the object
name to reflect this change to </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>"ppmPortDescrName" </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>so it doesn't violate are
"rules".</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Also,
the need to restore "ppmPortChannelIndex" based upon its ability "to
disambiguate (for example)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Text
vs Binary LPR channels" is incorrect. The Channel Table does not provide
any information regarding</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Text
vs Binary.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=006543816-25042005> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ron</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> McDonald, Ira
[mailto:imcdonald@sharplabs.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 23, 2005 2:32
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Bergman, Ron; Mike Fenelon; McDonald, Ira; Paul
Danbold<BR><B>Cc:</B> pmp@pwg.org; Harry Lewis (E-mail); Ivan
Pavicevic<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Adding ppmPortDescription to Port Mon
MIB<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>Forgive the delay in response - I was offline packing for two
days.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>There's a PWG Semantic Model naming convention for elements
here</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>that's important (and agrees with Mike's intended
usage).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>In
the Semantic Model (and in IPP) there are two distinct base
datatypes:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Name
(restricted character set, leaving out most non-alpha/non-digit)
and</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Text
(unrestricted character set, except that most control characters
are</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>still invalid).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>In
Printer MIB, Job MIB, SM/1.0, and IPP there are numerous
elements</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>that
are called 'XxxName' (e.g., p</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>rtInputName in
the Printer MIB) that are</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>_static_ and SHOULD NOT be changed (or lost across reboots)
after</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>device installation (when the Administrator can override the
Factory default </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>name). Such elements are used in SM/1.0 as _keys_ (for object
lookup).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>In
Printer MIB, etcm there are also numerous elements that are
called</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>'XxxDescription' (e.g., prtInputDescription) that are _dynamic_ and
SHOULD</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>be
changed when the current configuration of the element is
modified</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>by
an Operator or Administrator. Such elements are never used as
keys.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>An
element called (or used) ppmPortNameOrDescription _cannot_ be
added</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>to
the Semantic Model (because it breaks existing strong typing in our XML
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>schema).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>The
Apple request can only be satisfied by a separate, dynamic text
object.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>-
Ira</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=480582221-23042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<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</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bergman, Ron
[mailto:Ron.Bergman@rpsa.ricoh.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 21, 2005
3:24 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Mike Fenelon; McDonald, Ira; Paul
Danbold<BR><B>Cc:</B> pmp@pwg.org; Harry Lewis (E-mail); Ivan
Pavicevic<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Adding ppmPortDescription to Port Mon
MIB<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583212219-21042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Mike,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583212219-21042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583212219-21042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>The ppmPortName object may contain a maximum of 127
characters.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583212219-21042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Does this meet your requirement?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583212219-21042005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583212219-21042005> <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ron</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=583212219-21042005></SPAN> </DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Mike Fenelon
[mailto:mfenelon@windows.microsoft.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April
21, 2005 9:59 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Bergman, Ron; McDonald, Ira; Paul
Danbold<BR><B>Cc:</B> pmp@pwg.org; Harry Lewis (E-mail); Ivan
Pavicevic<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Adding ppmPortDescription to Port Mon
MIB<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The intent of
this object is to give a short, concise user-friendly name of the port. It
will be presented in the User Interface for and device that advertises
more than one port so the user can pick the correct port for their
connected printer. The whole intent was to differentiate between multiple
ports on a device that could host multiple printers. I am concerned
we will start degrading the user experience if we add a whole bunch
of ports for the same printer with slightly different
names.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Mike
Fenelon<BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Microsoft</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<DIV>
<DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
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</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
Bergman, Ron [mailto:Ron.Bergman@rpsa.ricoh.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:32
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> McDonald, Ira;
Paul Danbold<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B>
pmp@pwg.org; Harry Lewis (E-mail); Mike Fenelon; Ivan
Pavicevic<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE:
Adding ppmPortDescription to Port Mon MIB</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ira,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I would like to
hear from Mike or Ivan on this subject, rather than rely on
memory.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Your comment does
not agree with the current description clause for this
object.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial
color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ron</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
McDonald, Ira [mailto:imcdonald@sharplabs.com]<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, April 21, 2005 8:37
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> 'Paul Danbold';
Bergman, Ron<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B>
pmp@pwg.org; Harry Lewis (E-mail); McDonald, Ira;
MFenelon@microsoft.com; IvanP@microsoft.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: Adding
ppmPortDescription to Port Mon MIB</SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi
Ron,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Doesn't work
- MS specifically said that they wanted PortName
restricted</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">to a _name_
that they will display in their tools and do NOT want it
to</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">include
descriptive text. Your memory is
incorrect.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers,</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=4><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-
Ira</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ira
McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<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</SPAN></FONT> </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B>
Paul Danbold [mailto:danbold@apple.com]<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, April 20, 2005
11:55 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Bergman,
Ron<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Cc:</SPAN></B> pmp@pwg.org;
Harry Lewis (E-mail); Ira McDonald (E-mail 3); MFenelon@microsoft.com;
IvanP@microsoft.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: Adding
ppmPortDescription to Port Mon MIB</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Ron, </SPAN></FONT></P>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Thanks for the clarification. In the
expectation that manufacturers will initialize ppmPortName with
helpful information, I am satisfied there is no need to add an
additional object.</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">-Paul</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I remembered this morning
why we decided, several months back, to remove this
object.</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Since the MIB contained
both a desciptive name and a description, it was agreed
that</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">the two objects were
redundant. To clarify this situation I recommend that the
object</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ppmPortName be changed to
ppmPortDescriptiveName or ppmPortDescription, rather</SPAN></FONT>
<BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">than go back to the
original redundant pair.</SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ppPortName is a natural
language string with up to 127 characters. For Paul
Danbold's</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">example I could provide a
name such as:</SPAN></FONT> </P>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">"Networked LPR port
providing binary PostScript printing for use by
marketing"</SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is less than 80
characters and should be more than sufficient to satisfy
Paul's</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">requirement.</SPAN></FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Also, in addition to a
possible name change, it must be noted that this object
is</SPAN></FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">expected to be
administratively configured using an out-of-band method.</SPAN></FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paul, please indicate if
this is sufficient.</SPAN></FONT> </P>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ron Bergman</SPAN></FONT>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ricoh
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