That's the whole "raison d'etre" of standards!
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> For vendors just getting started with HTTP and IPP, they'll have to
> start with someone's code and port it, or write their own server.
> NIC-based HTTP servers have to be small and not rely on disk files,
> so the number of available servers to port/copy is pretty small.
> In the end I think most printer vendors will have to roll their own
> servers...
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I'll bet you don't supply your own TCP/IP stack, although a few years ago you might have (at least on PC platforms).
-Carl
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