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We have Mt. Laurel, NJ scheduled (Oki hosting). We may want to move this
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Harry Lewis <br>
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Chairman - IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group<br>
http://www.pwg.org<br>
IBM Printing Systems <br>
http://www.ibm.com/printers<br>
303-924-5337<br>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi,<br>
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FYI - The OSDL folks in Portland are organizing an Open Printing<br>
Summit somewhere in the Eastern US (probably Atlanta, GA - see<br>
below) this March or April.<br>
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There will be a planning conference call this Wednesday.<br>
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The link to the public survey results below is wrong, but here's<br>
the correct link:<br>
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http://www.zoomerang.com/reports/public_report.zgi?ID=L22HUWN67SPA<br>
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This will be a good opportunity for printer vendors and open source<br>
developers to meet and talk about improving Linux printing.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
- Ira (for Free Standards Group Open Printing Steering Committee)<br>
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Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<br>
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc<br>
PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839<br>
phone: +1-906-494-2434<br>
email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com<br>
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From: desktop_printing-bounces@lists.osdl.org<br>
[mailto:desktop_printing-bounces@lists.osdl.org]On Behalf Of John Cherry<br>
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:01 PM<br>
To: desktop_printing@osdl.org<br>
Subject: [Desktop_printing] Wed 11 Jan 12pm EST - Printing Summit<br>
concall<br>
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I realize this is fairly short notice, but it makes sense to have a<br>
quick conference call with those that may be attending the Open Printing<br>
Summit to settle on time and location.<br>
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Call Time: Wednesday, January 11, 9:00AM (Pacific)<br>
Tollfree: 1-800-211-0633<br>
Toll: 1-719-8670485<br>
Passcode: 951064<br>
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Check out the results of the participants survey...<br>
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http://www.zoomerang.com/reports/survey-reports.zgi?ID=L22HUWMWZFTW<br>
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This gives us a general feel for availability, but does not really<br>
identify dates that do NOT work for key participants. Hence, the
call.<br>
If you have not had the chance to provide feedback on your availability<br>
for the summit, the survey will remain open until we hold the conference<br>
call.<br>
<br>
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB224WDCE5A4K<br>
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Since the text fields cannot be viewed to keep personal data<br>
confidential, the following information might be of interest to the<br>
group concerning a possible venue and additional agenda items (already<br>
discussed on the mailing list).<br>
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Possible venue<br>
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Ricoh Corporation<br>
2300 Parklake Drive, NE<br>
Atlanta, GA 30345 USA<br>
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Additional Agenda items<br>
=======================<br>
(1)<br>
The standard format for print job transfer should be moved from<br>
PostScript to PDF, to have a more powerful format and a format which is<br>
better supported by free software, as free GhostScript is old software<br>
which is not maintained well but XPDF is well-maintained and XPDF people<br>
are more cooperative with the CUPS project. One should add IJS, CUPS,<br>
and OpenPrinting vector interfaces to XPDF to talk with drivers and<br>
modularize the remaining GhostScript compile-in drivers into one<br>
legacy-driver IJS plug-in (GhostScript aware developers needed for<br>
that). A side effect of separating all drivers from GhostScript is also<br>
that by adding IJS, CUPS, and OpenPrinting vector interfaces to Cairo<br>
one could print on embedded systems without memory-consuming high-level<br>
transfer formats (PDF, PostScript).<br>
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(2)<br>
Certification Program Although many printers work together with Linux,<br>
there are many others that do not. For end-users, selecting a printer<br>
that works with Linux is a non-trivial process that requires substantial<br>
research with the help of websites such as LinuxPrinting.org. A<br>
certfication and branding program can help to identify Linux operating<br>
systems and printer hardware that are guaranteed to work together.<br>
Discussion items for printer vendors and OSVs: * Is your organisation<br>
interested in participating in a certfication program for printers? In<br>
what role? * What is the primary value that a certification program<br>
should bring to your organisation? And for participants in general: *<br>
What should the technical requirements and criteria be wrt certification<br>
of printer drivers on one hand and Linux OS'es on the other.<br>
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(3)<br>
Color management Color management :-) Color management :-) :-) Extended<br>
precision printing Extended driver attributes (e. g. curves)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
-- <br>
John Cherry<br>
Initiative Manager<br>
503-906-1929<br>
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