IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> IPP > FAQ - How should the server behave?

Re: IPP> IPP > FAQ - How should the server behave?

Tom Hastings (hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:27:36 PST

At 08:10 02/02/1998 PST, Carl Kugler wrote:
>Henrik-

snip...

>> 3. How should a non-spooling IPP-server handle concurrent print-job
>> requests?
>
>Return server-error-service-unavailable (0x0502) to indicate that the
server is
>temporarily unable to handle a request.
>
>
> -Carl
>
>---------------------- Forwarded by Carl Kugler/Boulder/IBM on 02/02/98 08:41

We also discussed that a server MAY keep a list of clients that are trying
to connect in a "queue", and then serve each one one at a time. Then the
client doesn't receive an error (except if the "queue" is filled). This
gives the end-user a much happier experience.

I think that both approaches should be put into the FAQ.

Tom