[IPP] Canon requests registration of four new IPP media sizes

[IPP] Canon requests registration of four new IPP media sizes

Ira McDonald blueroofmusic at gmail.com
Thu Jun 21 12:01:37 UTC 2018


Hi Paul,

oe = English units
om = Metric units

Cheers,
- Ira

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On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 7:51 AM, Paul Tykodi <ptykodi at tykodi.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I'm currently not in a location where I can get to the IANA registry to
> look this up myself, what is the difference in meaning between the oe and
> om prefixes in the media names?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best Regards,
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipp <ipp-bounces at pwg.org> On Behalf Of Michael Sweet
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:25 AM
> To: Yardumian, Rick <RYardumian at ciis.canon.com>
> Cc: ipp at pwg.org
> Subject: Re: [IPP] Canon requests registration of four new IPP media sizes
>
> After looking at the existing photo entries, maybe the following would be
> more consistent:
>
>    oe_square-photo_4x4in
>    oe_square-photo_5x5in
>    om_square-photo_89x89mm
>
> > On Jun 20, 2018, at 8:48 AM, Michael Sweet <msweet at apple.com> wrote:
> >
> > Rick,
> >
> >> On Jun 18, 2018, at 7:06 PM, Yardumian, Rick <RYardumian at ciis.canon.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Canon requests that the following four new media sizes be registered.
> >> -          om_square_5x5in
> >> -          oe_square-4x4_4x4in
> >> -          om_square89mm_89x89mm
> >
> > Given these are photo sizes, how about:
> >
> >    oe_photo-square_4x4in
> >    oe_photo-square_5x5in
> >    om_photo-square_89x89mm
> >
> >> -          om_cardsize_55x91mm
> >
> > Given this is for business cards, I would suggest:
> >
> >    om_business-card_55x91mm
> >
> > I have also seen 55x85mm shown as a standard size of business cards in
> Europe, although that is within 1mm of the credit card size.  In North
> America we use 2x3.5in...  *If* we added those for completeness we'd have:
> >
> >    oe_business-card_2x3.5in (North America)
> >    om_business-card_55x85mm (Europe)
> >    om_business-card_55x91mm (Japan)
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >> I have checked the IANA IPP registered media sizes and could not find
> any size matches so as far as I can tell, these are new media sizes.
> >>
> >> The first three “square” sizes are used for photographic printing. The
> fourth “cardsize” media is used for business cards. Canon understands that
> the above media names may need to be changed for consistency. All feedback
> is welcome.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >> Rick Yardumian
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