After reading Don's reply, I guess I didn't do a very good job
of describing my fears around the single sentence statement in
that news clipping.
I, too, imagine a day when printing is far easier than it is
within hetergeneous network environments. I was just pointing
out that this statement--made in late 1997--might tend to deceive
people about what IPP can (or can't) do, or at least how easy it
really will be:
> The Internet printing protocol (IPP) will make
> it possible to print out documents by locating its Web address
> and simply pressing the "print" button.
For example, "locating its Web address" hides the fact that
it isn't just point-n-shoot printing...the user will first
have to locate the printer's web address. (Sure, directory
service support can be simple, but it's another step in the
actions required by the user.)
I really don't wish to get into any kind of debate here. ;-)
Rather, I was just commenting on how easy it will be for
the usual marketing machines to make the public believe
IPP is the obvious panacea for network printing, that's all.
...jay
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