PWG-ANNOUNCE> FW: Survey on Imaging Power Management Project

From: William Wagner (wamwagner@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Apr 20 2009 - 14:37:34 EDT

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    The intention is to consider the results of the survey of interest for a
    standard for Imaging Power Management at the PWF Face-to-Face, which is next
    week. So far, all of the relatively few responses have shown interest that
    such a project proceed, but no interest in contributing to it other than
    reviewing the spec. Very few of the PWG members have responded. I again ask
    you to take the survey..it should take no more than a couple minutes.
    http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0JjdjWfqkBq0vwvxgiChRg_3d_3d.

     

    If there is sufficient interest but no contributors, I may write it myself
    (and many of you may not be happy with what I come up with!)

     

    Attempt at levity aside, this is an important issue, and we really need your
    inputs.

     

    Thanks,

     

    Bill Wagner

     

     

    From: owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org [mailto:owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org] On
    Behalf Of William Wagner
    Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:37 PM
    To: pwg-announce@pwg.org
    Subject: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Imaging Power Management Project

     

    There has been some interest in developing a standard set of elements for
    the power management of imaging equipment. Power management in this context
    assumes that imaging equipment has multiple power consumption states such as
    hibernate, sleep, standby, idle, and active, with higher power states
    usually corresponding to less time to come up to full speed or perhaps
    faster processing. The power management elements may provide for remotely
    reading and perhaps setting power states, setting policy for transitioning
    power states, selecting default power states according to the
    time-of-day/day-of-week, and/or other parameters.

    At a BoF (Birds of a Feather) meeting during the February Printer Working
    Group (PWG) face-to-face, we discussed a project to identify a set of
    management elements for the monitoring/management of hardcopy imaging
    devices. Neither the number and nature of these elements nor the protocols
    by which these elements might be accessible were addressed. However, it was
    agreed that, before any such project were started, there would need to be
    significance evidence of interest and participation on the part of
    equipment suppliers, management application developers and ultimate users.

     

    At the behest of the PWG Steering Committee, a web-accessible questionnaire
    has been put up at

    http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0JjdjWfqkBq0vwvxgiChRg_3d_3d.

     

    get some measure of interest. Notice of this survey is being sent to the PWG
    Announce list as well as certain imaging equipment user groups. We would
    appreciate it if you could spend a few minutes filling out and submitting
    this questionnaire. Also, please pass on the link to others in the field
    with an interest in this subject.

     

    Although it is not absolutely necessary unless you are representing your
    company, it would be helpful if you identified yourself on the survey form.
    The survey responses will be available only to the PWG steering Committee;
    your identity and specific responses will be not be made public. Obviously,
    nothing expressed in a survey response will be considered a commitment.
    However, the PWG will carefully consider the responses from each group to
    determine whether to proceed with this project; and if we do proceed, the
    responses and their origin will form a basis for the project scope.

     

    Thank you for your interest and input.

     

    Bill Wagner, CoChair, Workgroup for Imaging Management Solutions/PWG

     



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