> 
> Umm... you are assuming that the LPD gateway would need to use
> job numbers?  I just checked the RFC1179 and it appears that
> the term 'number' is really 'identifier'.  Thus the URI could be
> the identifier.  Now classically we have been using the
> "numerical portion of the control/data identifier" as the job number.
Yes, I am assuming a gateway which talks to REAL LPD print systems,
which all use integer identifiers.  I don't believe I need to plan for
hypothetical RFC1179 gateways which might use something else.