All,
Much of the discussion hinged around getting printer vendors to improve
their implementations, to perform interoperability or certification, and
to provide readily accessible information on the level of their
implementations, etc. so that software applications can more
successfully manage devices from multiple vendors.
As I think Harry mentioned, the original intent of the printer MIB
effort was in large part to have third party vendors and the major
enterprise management apps, such as Tivoli, Unicenter, and OpenView,
develop robust printer management implementations. When this failed to
materialize, virtually all printer vendors developed their own software
to manage their devices and, to a lesser extent, competitors devices as
well. (or maybe the printer vendors shot themselves in the foot by
releasing these free printer management apps and killing the incentive
for other development).
I think many printer vendors may be resigned to the fact that the
majority of print device management will be done by their own management
apps and they don't have too much incentive to improve their partial
management of competitors' devices.
Thus, these vendors may have difficulty seeing the benefit of the effort
involved to move forward with much of the work that was proposed during
the discussion. Perhaps a listing of the benefits to the printer vendors
would be necessary to spur interest. Until there is market pressure to
improve poor SNMP/MIB implementations or a clearly defined tangible
benefit, I think some printer vendors may not be willing to allocate
resources to these efforts.
Regards,
Stuart
Stuart Rowley, Network Product Mgr.
stuart.rowley at ktd-kyocera.com 925 849-3306 925 849-3399 (fax)
Kyocera Technology Development Inc.
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Concord, CA 94520
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