Don:
> > Web: http://www.lexmark.com> > Printer: http://printer1.bldg035.lexmark.comme:
> compliant product you will have to write
>> Web: http://www.lexmark.com> Printer: http://printer1.bldg035.lexmark.com:631
Jim:
> But, Larry, you forget that 631 is just a *default* port. There
> is absolutely nothing that says a conforming implementation can't
> allow usage on other ports (just as a web server allows usage of
> ports other than 80).
>> So, Don's example is completely legitimate and accurate. His
> administrator (you do have your private sysadmin, don't you
> Don ;-) simply chose to configure his IPP printer to run on
> port 80.
Doesn't this just support the assertion that that using the
"http" would encourage end-users to reconfigure the printers
on their LANs to use the non-standard port 80, merely so
that their users can put "http://printer1.bldg35.lexmark.com" on
their business cards?
Larry