PWG-ANNOUNCE> Future work of the PWG

PWG-ANNOUNCE> Future work of the PWG

Jay Martin jkm at underscore.com
Wed Aug 18 17:43:57 EDT 1999


Any chance this important session can be conducted via telecon for
those of us not fortunate enough to make the meeting?

The keyword "Linux Printing" has piqued my interest...  ;)

	...jay


don at lexmark.com wrote:
> 
> Every year to 18 months, it is important for the PWG to examine the changing
> nature of printing and find potential areas where standardization could improve
> the printing experience for the end-user as well as perhaps to make the task of
> creating printers, printing systems, printing utilities, etc. easier and better.
> As such, the time has come to have an "open forum" session to brainstorm for
> ideas.
> 
> On Tuesday evening at the Denver meeting (September 21st) we will be having the
> previously pre-announced "brainstorming" session.  We will start at 5 PM and
> work for about 4 hours.  Please plan you flights accordingly.  Remember, the
> Denver airport is in "Kansas" (i.e. rather distant from downtown Denver) to so
> allow time to get to the hotel.
> 
> Between now and then, please start thinking about the areas you think the PWG
> should consider.  Some suggestions I have already had include:
> 
> 1) Multifunction device standards
>      - MIBs?
>      - Protocols?
>      - etc.
> 
> 2) Linux Printing
>      - UPDF based?
>      - something else?
> 
> I am sure there are hundreds of other areas ripe for exploration so put your
> thinking caps on!
> 
> We will order out for pizza that night so bring some cash to pitch into the pot
> to buy them.
> 
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