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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We have been making progress on the IPP over USB specification since an early draft was posted to the PWG site some time ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The IPP over USB specification will an Amendment to the
<b>Universal Serial Bus<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Device Class Definition for Printing Devices version 1.1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Amendment adds<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Protocol Interface type 4 for IPP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Defines Device Descriptors for IPP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Requires that Devices Implement at least two Interfaces<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We are very close to critical mass and plan on working on the specification in the USB-IF very soon.
<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Of course we welcome additional input.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To join the group, please execute the USB-IF IP agreement at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.usb.org/apps/org/workgroup/dwg/documents.php">https://www.usb.org/apps/org/workgroup/dwg/documents.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The title of the document is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">USB - IP Agreement IPP Over USB.pdf<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Alan Berkema<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hewlett Packard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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