IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP>MOD reconsideration of model decision

Re: IPP>MOD reconsideration of model decision

JK Martin (jkm@underscore.com)
Tue, 6 May 1997 14:34:16 -0400 (EDT)

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> Does anyone think that IPP is
> being designed such that today's print drivers can submit jobs to
> an IPP Printer?
>
> RKD> Yes, in most environments there is
> RKD> a separate component that actually
> RKD> handles the wire protocol. In various
> RKD> systems these are called a port driver,
> RKD> port monitor, or redirector. While existing
> RKD> print drivers would not have to be changed
> RKD> to work with IPP, these components would.

Which platforms support such a wire protocol shim? I thought Windows/NT
and Windows '95 did, but what about:

Windows 3.1
Windows for Workgroups
OS/2 2.x
OS/2 Warp
others?

Thanks for the Wintel info. We Unix folks have different operational
situations, that's for sure. ;-)

...jay

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