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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Table 9 has optional printer-supply (1setOf octetString(MAX)) keywords.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Some supplies have colorants, others have colorantIndex = 0 ("this supply does not depend on a single specified colorant").<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Must each entry in the set of octetStrings contain the same SNMP Supply Objects (matching cardinality), or can colorant objects be present in an octetString for those supplies that have a colorant, but not
present in an octetString for those supplies that do not have a colorant?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For example, must we do this:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">// Black toner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">printer-supply[1] =<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">type=toner;maxcapacity=100;level=75;index=1;markerindex=1;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">class=supplyThatIsConsumed;unit=percent;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">colorantindex=1;colorantrole=process;colorantname=black;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">coloranttonality=256;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">// Fuser does not have concept of colorant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">printer-supply[2] =<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">type=fuser;maxcapacity=100;level=96;index=2;markerindex=1;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">class=supplyThatIsConsumed;unit=percent;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">colorantindex=0;colorantrole=???;colorantname=???;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:red">coloranttonality=???;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Or should we do this (is it legal to have colorant entries for some supplies, but not have colorant entries for others in the set (non-matching cardinality)?):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">// Black toner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">printer-supply[1] =<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">type=toner;maxcapacity=100;level=75;index=1;markerindex=1;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">class=supplyThatIsConsumed;unit=percent;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">colorantindex=1;colorantrole=process;colorantname=black;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">coloranttonality=256;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">// Fuser does not have concept of colorant.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">printer-supply[2] =<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">type=fuser;maxcapacity=100;level=96;index=2;markerindex=1;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">class=supplyThatIsConsumed;unit=percent;<span style="color:red">colorantname=unknown;</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">And since colorantname is REQUIRED, what value should it have for a supply that is not associated with any colorant (unknown or other appear to be the only available values in RFC3805)?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Christopher Rizzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Xerox Corporation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">GDG/Discovery/Advance Technology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Phone: (585) 314-6936<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Email: Christopher.Rizzo@xerox.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">"The realization came over me with full force that a good part of the remainder of my life was going to be spent in finding errors in my own programs."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">-Maurice Wilkes, <i>
Memoirs of a Computer Pioneer</i></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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