IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> Re: draft-mutz-http-attributes-02.txt

Re: IPP> Re: draft-mutz-http-attributes-02.txt

Robert Herriot (Robert.Herriot@Eng.Sun.COM)
Thu, 5 Jun 1997 19:23:32 -0700

None of these solutions solve the problem of the Printer's
resolutions-supported attribute which, hopefully, tells the
client exactly what resolutions the Printer supports without
any extraneous values and without a complicated structure
for the attribute.

Bob Herriot

> From mutz@hplumen.cup.hp.com Thu Jun 5 19:07:24 1997
>
> I prefer not burdening all apps with 2 resolution numbers when most
> use square resolutions.
>
> Once way around this: Specify "res" to mean horizontal resolution and
> add "res-vert" to indicate vertical resolution.
>
> If only res is indicated, then a client could assume square pixels.
>
> I think this is sufficiently straightfoward. Comment?
>
> Andy
>
>
> >
> > IPP, FAX, and HTTP need to know about resolution of the recipient
> > device; I don't think we need three different ways to deal with it.
> >
> > Why not just be straightforward and specify resolution in two
> > directions as integers or rationals?
> >
> > Larry
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> >
>
>
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