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Dear Ms. Ling, Thank you for your note and for bringing your topic to the PWG for consideration. The best way to introduce a new topic, like this, to the PWG is to express your idea to the standards community via our general topics e-mail reflector (pwg@pwg.org). I have posted your document at <a href=ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/proposals/PrintNumberSystem/AnIdeaOfInternetPrinting.pdf>ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/general/proposals/PrintNumberSystem/AnIdeaOfInternetPrinting.pdf</a> and copied pwg.org on this response to you so that your idea may get broader exposure. The next step in determining whether or not to move forward in developing this as a standard in the PWG would be to hold a "Birds Of a Feather" (BOF) where you can present your idea in more detail and people who share common interest may meet and discuss the pro's and con's of standardization. Our next face to face meeting will be held in Camus, WA, U.S.A (near Portland OR). the week of January 10, 2005. There is still time for us to plan to accommodate this BOF.   ---------------------------------------------- Harry Lewis IBM STSM Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group http://www.pwg.org IBM Printing Systems http://www.ibm.com/printers 303-924-5337 ---------------------------------------------- <table width=100%> <tr valign=top> <td width=40%>"suling@printnumber.com" <suling@printnumber.com> 11/23/2004 04:38 AM <td width=59%> <table width=100%> <tr> <td> <div align=right>To</div> <td valign=top>Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM@IBMUS <tr> <td> <div align=right>cc</div> <td valign=top> <tr> <td> <div align=right>Subject</div> <td valign=top>An Idea of Internet Printing to PWG</table> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <td></table> </table> <tt>Dear Mr. Harry Lewis, Chairman of PWG We view PWG website and know that you are the chairman of PWG. So could we seek your help for introducing an idea of Internet printing to PWG? We do not work in printer industry, however we come across a clear idea of using network printers to print documents on the Internet without the needs of personal computers. We think that this idea will make good network printing, and benefit human beings. In the idea, we introduce the concept of print number system. A print number is a number (e.g. 8899,0001) that represent the URL of a document. The print number system is a server’s service that translates print numbers into URLs for all (Internet) printers. To print a document, (1) the user enters a print number in the keypad of a network printer or MFP; (2) the printer sends the print number to the print number system server; (3) the server translates the print number into the URL of a document, and returns the URL to the printer; (4) according to the URL, the printer retrieves the document over Internet, and prints out the document. After reading your documents of IPP and PSI carefully, we know that your PWG is the right place to develop the idea. Now we respectfully attach a document of the idea and use cases in the email. Could you kindly instruct us how to appropriately publish the attached document in your website, and to have primary technical comments to make decision whether or not the idea deserves to develop into standards? Thank you for your help. We look forward to you reply. Yours truly, Ms Su Ling [attachment "AnIdeaOfInternetPrinting.pdf" deleted by Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM] </tt>