Response to Scott ...
---------------------- Forwarded by Roger K Debry/Boulder/IBM on 01/23/97 07:01
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Scott_Isaacson @ novell.com
01/22/97 07:30 PM
> 1) Is the cost per page tied to the media it is printed on?
> Do we define some standard for determining the cost
> of a page.
>
> answer: I believe that we need to allow the people setting
> up and running IPP printers to decide how they want to
> charge for printing, and be able to show an end user
> what the cost per page is. This will certainly depend on
> media, but may also depend on use of color, and other
> printer options.
SAI> Do you envision a "cost-per-page" attribute that is set to some
SAI> value like "$0.32" or some set of attributes that are queried and
SAI> evaluated and some cost per page number is generated?
SAI> If you envision the later then I say that this is beyond the scope
SAI> of IPP
RKD> I envision a cost-per-page attribute that is set when printer
RKD is configured.
> 2) Is information that is as variable as media-ready stored
> in the name service?
>
>
> answer: The name service needs to be able to tell a user that
> a printer is normally set up to print on various media, such as
> transparencies. If a printer has three input trays and one of
> those trays is supposed to have tranparencies in it, then I should
> put this in the name-service to help users find a printer that prints
> transparencies. However, the name service probably should not
> be updated everytime the transparency tray empties, or if a rogue
> user swaps the transparency tray for another media type.
SAI> I agree that the name service should NOT have relatively dynamic
SAI> attributes. media-ready should not be in the directory. However,
SAI> I don't agree that we should put what a tray is supposed to have
SAI> in the directory. What is a standard letter tray supposed to have?
SAI> All media types that fit letter size???
RKD> If you don't do this, how can I ask the question "Can I print
RKD> tranparencies on this printer?" On the shared printers we use
RKD> around here one tray is often set up with transparencies in it.
RKD> It would be nice if I knew at least that an adminsitrator/operator
RKD> had configured the printer this way. Otherwise, my only recourse
RKD> is to walk down the hallway and look at the printer.
> 5) How do you determine the notification methods supported
> by the printer? What is the set of notification methods
> for IPP?
>
> answer: We need a "notification-methods" attribute.
<SAI> I disagree. I thought that we decided the methods would be
<SAI> embedded in the URL scheme: mailto:..., http:...., etc.
RKD> Scott, I don't understand your answer. Could you clarify.