>My primary division ('this thing' and 'the other thing') is -
>- client/app talking to printing subsystem (thing #1)
>- printing subsystem talking to printing device (thing #2).
Which would you charactize IPP as, today.
Harry Lewis - IBM Printing Systems
paulmo@microsoft.com on 02/09/98 03:24:52 PM
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Subject: RE: IPP> Submission vs. Monitoring and Management
My primary division ('this thing' and 'the other thing') is -
- client/app talking to printing subsystem (thing #1)
- printing subsystem talking to printing device (thing #2).
It is not a submission/end-user vs. admin/managment. Bits of these issu=
es
live in both of the interfaces above.
Note that I am not necessarily talking about 3 separate boxes, merely t=
hree
separate logical entities.
I beleive that any printing model that refuses to recognized the existe=
nce
of printer servers or other software other than the client app is bound=
to
ultimately break down.
Note also that we should not confuse end-user experience with protocols=