Smith,
Happy New Year!
I sent the draft to CINC for their review. The following is their understanding and would like your confirmation:
In Figure 2 - PAPI Example of "printer-finisher"
printer-finisher[1] = "index=8;
type=stitcher;
unit=sheets;
maxcapacity=500;
capacity=100;"
Our understanding is as follows:
type(IPP) = finDeviceType(RFC3806)
unit(IPP) = finDeviceCapacityUnit(RFC3806)
maxcapacity(IPP) = finDeviceMaxCapacity(RFC3806)
capacity(IPP) = finDeviceCurrentCapacity(RFC3806)
So, finDeviceMaxCapacity is the maximum capacity of finDeviceType finishing can handle with the unit of finDeviceCapacityUnit. Right?
In the case of type=stacker and unit=sheets, finDeviceMaxCapacity indicates the maximum number of sheets that can be loaded, and finDeviceCurrentCapacity indicates the remaining number of sheets.
If our understanding is correct, the example in Figure 2 type=stitcher allows stapling 500 sheets of paper at a time.
（Similarly, in Figure 2, when type=puncher, 100 holes can be made at a time.）
We would like to know our understanding of finDeviceMaxCapacity and finDeviceCurrentCapacity is correct.
Can you please confirm that.
I don't know the answers. The definitions for finDeviceMaxCapacity and finDeviceCurrentCapacity in RFC 3806 aren't clear at all on what a maximum capacity or current capacity means in the context of a finisher. It also seems a bit too wide open to let the printer choose the unit type.Some might
Your example also raises an interesting question about stackers. The Finishing MIB defines 'stacker' as a finisher type. But IPP "finishings-col" doesn't have a representation for stackers - it considers a stacker to be an "output-tray".
Mike, what do you think we ought to do about the FinDeviceTypeTC types in the Finishing MIB that don't have IPP equivalents in finishings-col?
FinDeviceTypeTC ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The defined finishing device subunit process
enumerations."
SYNTAX INTEGER {
other(1),
unknown(2),
stitcher(3),
folder(4),
binder(5),
trimmer(6),
dieCutter(7),
puncher(8),
perforater(9),
slitter(10),
separationCutter(11),
imprinter(12),
wrapper(13),
bander(14),
makeEnvelope(15),
stacker(16),
sheetRotator(17),
inserter(18)
}
Regards,
Steven
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