* means zero or more items, # means 0 or more items in a list, each separated by a comma ",".
The syntax is defined in rfc 822 and rfc 1945. We should just lift it all, word
for word.
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> 2. 6.1 Attribute syntaxes
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> Get rid of the TBDs
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> 3. 6.2.4.2 printer-assigned (name)
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> ISSUE: Get rid of it. Not needed for our model.
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> But maybe change it to local-output-device-name-used.
> As the text indicates, this will help a user find the output if
> the user has to do it himself/herself.
If xxx-used have a special meaning, I suggest not calling it local-output-device-name-used.
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> 4. 6.2.6.1 notification-events
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> ISSUE:
> Need to add a notification-address URL which allows the user or
> the client to specify mail:// or http://
Is 'mail://' defined in some rfc?
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> We have an 6.3.2 operation-notification-address that the client software sets
> automatically. But if the end-user needs to be able to choose between
> mail and http, we may need to add a notification method or a notification-
> address that the user can supply.
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> 5. 6.2.7.4 job-retention-period
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> ISSUE:
> Ok to delete for version 1.0. It will come back when we do ResubmitJob operation
> but that is when we need it, not now. Same for 6.4.31
> maximum-job-retention-period. But keep the retained state (even though
> not user affected in version 1.0), since its hard for client when the
> servers add states.
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I am not sure I agree with the deletion of this feature.
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> 6. 6.2.8.2 number-up
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> ISSUE:
> A simpler way to allow end-users to turn of embellishments, is to have
> a distinguised value that turns it off. ISO DPA has "0", but a more
> user friendly value would be "none". Then any other value, like "1",
> or "2", or "4" is free to have any embellishments on it.
I am trying to avoid arbitrary distinguished values that only IPP gurus know about.
The question is whether a user would expect that number-up = 1 gives normal printing
with essentially no number-up.
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> 7. 6.2.12.1 document-format
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> ISSUE:
> Yes, make version optional. The problem is that if a driver says
> PostScript level 2, but doesn't use any level 2 features, then a
> level 1 printer is probably going to reject when it could have printed
> the document. This is a tough problem.
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> 8. 6.3.2 operation-notification-address
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> ISSUE:
> Keep, it cannot be inferred from the operation-user-name and operation-host-name
> in call cases.
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> 9. Additional job attributes:
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> add number of intervening jobs, so that you can see your position in
> the queue, even if the site policy is not to let you see any other jobs.
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This attribute is a 'maybe'.
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> 10. Additional printer attributes:
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> a. add number of jobs waiting to be printed or being printed
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> b. add scheduling algorithm with values: first-come-first-served and
> shortest-job-first
We haven't addressed the issue of schedulers yet.
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> 11. Explain that the term Printer and the Printer object need not be
> restricted to printing, but can be used to represent other kinds of
> output processing.
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> Tom
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