However, I also agree with Chuck that if we ultimately expect
multi-byte character codes in this object, then the max size
should be doubled (at least).
...jay
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 10:07:27 -0700
From: Chuck Adams <adamsc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM>
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.
To: lpyoung@lexmark.COM
Cc: pmp@pwg.org
Subject: Re: PMP> Localization conclusion - prtGeneralPrinterName
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
lpyoung@lexmark.COM wrote:
>
> Chris and I are bringing the localization discussion to
> conclusion. There have been some side proposals that have
> come up from time to time, I wanted to separate these out
> to see if we have consensus on these proposed changes. One
> of the side proposals was to change the syntax of the
> prtGeneralPrinterName from DisplayString to OCTET STRING.
> If we want to make this change, I would propose the size
> be (0 to 63). I have checked with our networking people
> and this size covers all operating systems that we are
> aware of.
Please increase this size to (0 to 126). If
is really and OCTET STRING and I use UNICODE
I need 16 bits per character.
If this change is made I vote Yes.
Chuck Adams
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