IPP> Does the world need a robust host-to-device network prin

IPP> Does the world need a robust host-to-device network prin

Paul Moore paulmo at microsoft.com
Wed Feb 11 12:04:26 EST 1998


You are not alone in thinking the world needs a robust, fully-featured
network printer interface. Personally I think this is MUCH MORE VALUABLE to
corporates than IPP - sadly it is not in the glamorous glow of the Internet
with all its unlimited budgets, hype, etc.


Who couldn't I persuade - Xerox, IBM, Canon, Sharp, Novell.... I had this
discussion on the first day I attended a WG meeting - 'we need two things,
something to provide high level features for users on the Internet,
something to fix the 'LPD sucks' problem'. I continued to state this every
time I was asked. Eventually I got the message that this was not a welcome
topic, and still isn't. 


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jay Martin [SMTP:jkm at underscore.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, February 10, 1998 2:53 PM
> To:	ipp at pwg.org
> Cc:	Paul Moore; 'Harry Lewis'
> Subject:	IPP> Does the world need a robust host-to-device network
> printing protocol?
> 
> Paul Moore wrote in the "Submission vs. Monitoring and Management"
> thread:
> 
> > Now if somebody wants to have a separate debate about writing a really
> > robust protocol for interfacing to printers (and I mean the real
> hardware
> > not some logical abstraction) then that will suit me fine. Lets start a
> new
> > track and call it, say, NLS (Not LPD and SNMP). This is what I initially
> > wanted to do but could not persuade enough people.
> 
> Paul, what people were you unable to persuade?  Internal Microsoft
> folks, or PWG folks, or both or what?
> 
> For fear of sounding as if I'm beating a dead horse to death:
> 
>   Enterprise environments desparately need a fully functional
>   host-to-device protocol for network printing.
> 
> Am I alone in this belief???  (I know for a fact I am NOT along.)
> 
> Will others in the PWG share their views using this new thread?
> If this belief turns out to be a minority view, then I'd certainly
> like to know (so I can drop the subject once and for all, if so).
> 
> 	...jay
> 
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