Recall that the official statement from HP and Microsoft
(as quoted in the trades) was that "SNMP is the proper way
to manage network printers".
If HP is indeed willing to change its position--and this time
really commit to implementing a more fully functional printer
submission/management protocol--then this could be very good
news for the Rest of Us.
After all, no one is interested in spending another 4 years
developing a protocol in which the leading players decommit
in the 11th hour, relegating the standard to "legacy" before
it even hits the streets.
...jay
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Kris Schoff wrote:
>
> Scott,
>
> I would be very interested in tunneling SNMP OID's through IPP for
> printer management. It seems like a very reasonable concept to do and
> it could allow for the enabling of millions of printers in existence
> today. I'd like to see you continue your effort within IPP.
>
> I am still a proponent that IPP was intended to become a universal,
> catch-all printing protocol - which is why I am not on the SDP mailing
> list. By definition of "Server-to-Device", it would seem as if the
> client is already being left out. I could have sworn that some people
> within the IPP WG were trying to limit the number of protocols that
> needed to be implemented....
>
> Kris Schoff