[IPP] MSN2 Table 3: Why is there a "Localized Name" column?

[IPP] MSN2 Table 3: Why is there a "Localized Name" column?

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Wed Aug 29 20:50:30 UTC 2018


Smith,

It is intended to show suggested text for a user interface, e.g., "US Letter" instead of 'na_letter_8.5x11in'.  From an implementor's standpoint it can be used as a starting point for localization, and in fact I use these strings as part of the example ipp.strings file:

    https://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/examples/ipp.strings


> On Aug 29, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Kennedy, Smith (Wireless & Standards Architect) <smith.kennedy at hp.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Why did we include the "Localized Name" column in Table 3 of PWG 5101.1 MSN2? How is a reader expected to use this information?
> 
> Smith
> 
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>    Smith Kennedy
>    Wireless & Standards Architect - IPG-PPS
>    Standards - IEEE ISTO PWG / Bluetooth SIG / Wi-Fi Alliance / NFC Forum / USB-IF
>    Chair, IEEE ISTO Printer Working Group
>    HP Inc.
> */
> 
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer



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