Jay,
The description says:
The value
of this object can be any arbitrary string as long as it
is unique among all other instances within the Host Resources
MIB device table.
Is it required to be unique or is it highly recommended? (I realize that it
doesn't make sense to have the same name for all the printers, but should
the printer be expected to reject a value?)
Bob Pentecost
HP
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From: JK Martin[SMTP:jkm at underscore.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 1996 4:41 PM
To: pwg at pwg.org
Cc: jkm at underscore.com
Subject: Draft of the new prtGeneralPrinterName MIB object
Following is a draft of the proposed new Printer MIB object describing
the "administrative name" of the printer, as discussed at the recent
PWG July meeting.
prtGeneralPrinterName OBJECT-TYPE
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE(0..63))
MAX-ACCESS read-write
MIN-ACCESS read-only
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The administrative name of the printer. This name is
primarily used to distinguish between multiple printers
listed in the Host Resources MIB device table. The value
of this object can be any arbitrary string as long as it
is unique among all other instances within the Host Resources
MIB device table. Examples of this name might be `ps1',
`Marketing Printer #1', `XYZ456-2' or any name an
administrator
would use to refer to the printer within a given environment."
::= { prtGeneralEntry 14 }
Any help on improving the DESCRIPTION clause would be appreciated!
I am suggesting a max length of 63 bytes, but have no problem with a
different value as long as it's not TOO small; I think this value
should be allowed to be at least 31 bytes.
...jay