Jay,
You are right of course. IPP is trying to break new ground here,
in the hope that more printers will actually support it in the future.
Carl-Uno
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jay Martin [mailto:jkm at underscore.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 5:36 PM
> To: Manros, Carl-Uno B
> Cc: ipp at pwg.org> Subject: Re: IPP> Questions on IPP
>>> So the job template overrides the document data, huh? That's going to
> be quite the trick for an awful lot of installed spooling systems.
>> I realize (and agree) that it would be *nice* if the job templates
> override the document data, but implementing that is going to be
> quite difficult for any spooling system that doesn't have a very
> close relationship to the PDL processor.
>> ...jay
>>> "Manros, Carl-Uno B" wrote:
> >
> > Roy,
> >
> > There is a simple answer to your question. The whole idea
> about job template
> > attributes is that they complement or override what is in
> the document data.
> > This corresponds to your case 2).
> >
> > So, if there is no corresponding specification inside the
> document, the
> > printer should use the job template attribute value in
> combination with
> > other information in the document, but if the document
> contains the same
> > kind of information e.g. number of copies, the job template
> attribute should
> > override what is in the document. HOW the latter is done is
> a matter of
> > implementation; replacing the information within the
> document is one of
> > several possible ways to do the override.
> >
> > Carl-Uno
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: peiwai chiu [mailto:peiwai at usa.net]
> > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 10:59 AM
> > > To: ipp at pwg.org> > > Subject: IPP> Questions on IPP
> > >
> > >
> > > HI,
> > >
> > > I wonder if anyone can answer the following questions
> related to IPP.
> > >
> > > Say I print a document through a printer driver to make a
> > > data file and sent
> > > it to a ipp printer. If the settings of "number of copies",
> > > "orientation" or
> > > other job templates in my data file are different than what I
> > > choose in the
> > > ipp client job attributes, (1) can the ipp printer detect the
> > > inconsistency,
> > > (2) can the printer change the setting embedded in my data
> > > that I sent or
> > > override it. (3) if not, why bother asking so many
> attributes. (or the
> > > attributes are actually generated by the client applicatiion
> > > which are the
> > > exact copies of user's choices.) (4) what will happen to
> the printout?
> > >
> > > Please let me know if this address in not for posting questions.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Roy Chiu
> > >
> > >
>