Smith,
> On Aug 24, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Kennedy, Smith (Wireless Architect) <smith.kennedy at hp.com> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> A question arose about the 'fold-letter' finishing type. For the purpose of this discussion, let us assume that 'fold-letter' is defined to use an "inward" fold for both of the folds, and so the Printer includes this in its "finishings-col-ready":
>> finishings-col-ready=
> {
> finishing-template=fold-letter
> media-sheets-supported=1-3
> media-size-name=na_letter_8.5x11in
> folding=
> {
> folding-direction=inward
> folding-offset=8940
> folding-reference-edge=top
> }
> folding=
> {
> folding-direction=inward
> folding-offset=8940
> folding-reference-edge=top
> }
> }
>> If the Printer supported both an "inward" and "outward" implementation of 'fold-letter', how would it appropriately represent this latter variant? Would the right thing to do be to add this as well?
>> {
> finishing-template=fold-letter-outward
> media-sheets-supported=1-3
> media-size-name=na_letter_8.5x11in
> folding=
> {
> folding-direction=outward
> folding-offset=8940
> folding-reference-edge=top
> }
> folding=
> {
> folding-direction=outward
> folding-offset=8940
> folding-reference-edge=top
> }
> }
>> It seems like it should it have a discrete name. If the right thing to do is to register in our IANA registry 'fold-letter-outward' etc. let me know and I'll submit that.
Right now we don't differentiate between them for the standard finishing-template/finishings values. What I would do is use one fold direction consistently as the "default" for 'fold-letter' and then have a vendor template name ('smiNNN-fold-letter-in/outward') for the opposite direction.
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Michael Sweet, Senior Printing System Engineer