I have followed this debate for a while.
My personal conviction is that ALL Internet attached devices will need to
have a way to indicate time in the foreseeable future.
However, to overcome short term problems with low-end devices, I make the
following suggestion:
1) Make it a MUST requirement for IPP/1.1 IPP clients to generate absolute
time.
2) Make it a SHOULD requirement for IPP/1.1 printers to generate absolute
time.
A SHOULD gives a clear signal to people who develop new printer/print server
products to include a way to obtain absolute time next time they redesign
their hardware/firmware. If we make it a MAY, then people will keep on
ignoring the problem, and we are going to have handicapped (and user
unfriendly) IPP devices for ever.
Carl-Uno
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Sweet [mailto:mike at easysw.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 1999 8:51 AM
> To: harryl at us.ibm.com> Cc: Richard Shockey; 'ipp'
> Subject: Re: IPP> MOD - part of Issue 17 - don't
> neednegative"time-at-xxx"Job Attributes
>>>harryl at us.ibm.com wrote:
> >
> > I've made this argument before...
> >
> > >Finally, any date/time information for faxing comes FROM THE SENDER
> > >in conventional faxing anyways! Why should IFAX over IPP be any
> > >different?
> >
> > The typical response I've received is that the Receiver needs to
> > keep a timestamped log (FAX paradigm).
>> That's fine, but 1) the current time values still allow you to do
> this, even if it is a little less software-friendly, and 2) that
> still doesn't prove that mandatory date/time is needed for IPP alone.
>> --
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