IPP Mail Archive: IPP> MOD - Is "best-effort" a new printing system feature?

IPP> MOD - Is "best-effort" a new printing system feature?

JK Martin (jkm@underscore.com)
Wed, 23 Jul 1997 13:57:21 -0400 (EDT)

While trying to resolve the parameter-vs-attribute issue for
"best-effort", no one (to my knowledge) has offered up any
example of such a feature in any currently deployed printing
system.

That is, is the concept and mechanism of "best-effort" something
NEW to the printing world? (It certainly doesn't seem specific
to Web printing, by any means.)

If there are no obvious reference implementations for handling
"best-effort" in the world today, then it would appear that we
are addressing a GENERIC printing system feature, and not
something specific to the Web (ie, Internet Printing).

Just an observation. However, if there are no printing systems
today that deal with "best-effort", then we had best resolve
this issue very, very quickly, as it adds no real value to
the concept of Internet Printing.

Best-effort is definitely a great feature, but we've spent far
too many cycles on this one aspect of IPP, IMHO.

...jay

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