IPP Mail Archive: Comments on shortest-job-first attribute

Comments on shortest-job-first attribute

JK Martin (jkm@underscore.com)
Fri, 22 Nov 96 14:20 EST

Angelo wrote (in response to Tom Hasting's comments):

> Under 10. b) you list shortest-job-first as a scheduling algorithm. How
> does a printer determine the shortest job? A small file size does not
> neccessarily imply a short RIP time.

A very good point. Perhaps this attribute should be "smallest-job-first"?

...jay