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<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi Mike,<br><br></div>I suggest that we replace "-error" with "-fault" in all of these printer state <br>reasons.<br></div><br></div>If the current "-error" suffix is simply removed, the meaning of these alerts<br>
</div>is lost.<br><br></div>BTW - normally, we couldn't change these names in the PrtAlertCodeTC <br>textual convention in the IANA Printer MIB, because it's illegal under SMIv2 <br>rules to change the name of an already assigned enumeration value.<br>
<br></div><div>HOWEVER - *none* of the PWG 5107.3 section 9.2 updates for PrtAlertCodeTC<br>were ever registered with IANA - this fell through the cracks in mid-2012.<br></div><div><br></div><div>SUGGESTION - we revise/update PWG 5107.3 and change the IPP and<br>
</div><div>IANA Printer MIB names from "-error" to "-fault" (or "Error" to "Fault" in the<br></div><div>MIB) and correct or submit the IANA IPP and MIB registrations.<br><br></div>
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WDYT?<br><br></div><div>Cheers,<br></div><div>- Ira<br></div><div><br><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr">Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<br>Co-Chair - TCG Trusted Mobility Solutions WG<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Michael Sweet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:msweet@apple.com" target="_blank">msweet@apple.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
All,<br>
<br>
It was recently pointed out to me that PWG 5107.3 defines several "printer-state-reasons" keywords with the suffix "-error":<br>
<br>
input-media-tray-feed-error<br>
output-media-tray-feed-error<br>
media-path-input-feed-error<br>
media-path-output-feed-error<br>
scan-media-path-input-feed-error<br>
scan-media-path-output-feed-error<br>
fax-modem-protocol-error<br>
<br>
However, RFC 2911 reserves this suffix for indicating the severity of the reason:<br>
<br>
4.4.12 printer-state-reasons (1setOf type2 keyword)<br>
<br>
This REQUIRED Printer attribute supplies additional detail about the<br>
device's state. Some of the these value definitions indicate<br>
conformance requirements; the rest are OPTIONAL.<br>
<br>
Each keyword value MAY have a suffix to indicate its level of<br>
severity. The three levels are: report (least severe), warning, and<br>
error (most severe).<br>
<br>
- '-report': This suffix indicates that the reason is a "report".<br>
An implementation may choose to omit some or all reports. Some<br>
reports specify finer granularity about the printer state;<br>
others serve as a precursor to a warning. A report MUST contain<br>
nothing that could affect the printed output.<br>
- '-warning': This suffix indicates that the reason is a<br>
"warning". An implementation may choose to omit some or all<br>
warnings. Warnings serve as a precursor to an error. A warning<br>
MUST contain nothing that prevents a job from completing, though<br>
in some cases the output may be of lower quality.<br>
- '-error': This suffix indicates that the reason is an "error".<br>
An implementation MUST include all errors. If this attribute<br>
contains one or more errors, printer MUST be in the stopped<br>
state.<br>
<br>
If the implementation does not add any one of the three suffixes, all<br>
parties MUST assume that the reason is an "error".<br>
<br>
Since an IPP Printer MAY report any of the above keywords when the Printer is not in the stopped state, I propose we add an informative note to table 3 saying something like the following:<br>
<br>
Note 1: Section 4.4.12 [RFC2911] requires that the Printer is in the<br>
stopped state when reporting "printer-state-reasons" values ending<br>
with "-error". Printers MUST append a suffix of "-report" or<br>
"warning" to this keyword when the Printer is not in the stopped<br>
state.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure if we want to clarify that the "job-state-reasons" attribute only contains the registered values without added suffixes.<br>
<br>
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer, PWG Chair<br>
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