[IPP] "print-color-mode" or "imaging-color-mode"?

[IPP] "print-color-mode" or "imaging-color-mode"?

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Apr 19 21:16:11 UTC 2011


Given that we have another attribute for scan (ColorEntry) that has slightly different semantics than print-color-mode, I'm thinking we should keep the print attribute named "print-color-mode".

On Apr 19, 2011, at 11:45 AM, Tom Hastings wrote:

> I agree with Ira.  On the other hand, one other alternative for the name would just to drop the "print-" prefix and call it "color-mode".
>  
> Tom
>  
> From: ipp-bounces at pwg.org [mailto:ipp-bounces at pwg.org] On Behalf Of Ira McDonald
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 15:35
> To: Michael Sweet; Ira McDonald
> Cc: ipp at pwg.org
> Subject: Re: [IPP] "print-color-mode" or "imaging-color-mode"?
>  
> Hi Mike,
> 
> My two cents.
> 
> No - let's keep the name "print-color-mode" to cohere with the
> zillion other print-xxx or printer-xxx attributes.
> 
> In the new IPP Scanner and Fax objects lets just globally apply
> most/many existing IPP Printer attributes in big table(s) with
> a rationale for why some attributes are not applicable to the
> other multifunction objects.
> 
> Unless almost all Printer attributes *are* applicable, which I begin 
> to suspect is the case (and have a short table of the exceptions).
> 
> I think we should reserve use of he "imaging-" prefix for only new
> attributes defined first for Scanner, Fax, etc. objects for IPP 
> Everywhere Second Edition.
> 
> Cheers,
> - Ira
> 
> 
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> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
> All,
> 
> If we consider scanning and printing of forms, the "bi-level" (threshold) mode makes sense for both. Do we want to rename "print-color-mode" to "imaging-color-mode" in anticipation of using is for other MFD services in IPP?
> 
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