Hi,
Although IEEE 1284 Device ID does allow a keyword for a serial number,
the PWG 5107.2-2010 standard ABNF does NOT allow serial number in a
conformant Device ID string.
May be in the wild, but not something relevant for IPP interoperability.
Cheers,
- Ira
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On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 10:30 AM Michael Sweet via ipp <ipp at pwg.org> wrote:
> Smith,
>> > On Dec 1, 2020, at 8:59 AM, Kennedy, Smith (Wireless & IPP Standards) <
>smith.kennedy at hp.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > No objections to adding this but a few thoughts:
> >
> > - PII concerns?
>> Not directly - this identifies the printer, not an individual. If the
> value was propagated outside of IPP with other personal information it
> might be used to identify someone ("Mike" printed to a printer with serial
> number 12345678, it must be Mike Sweet and not Mike Jones). But this is
> purely informational from the Printer to the Client, for
> maintenance/support purposes.
>> > - Overlap with the key/value pairs provided by "printer-device-id" - the
> "SN" key isn't standardized but is out there...
>> Last time I checked (but I no longer have a copy...) IEEE-1284 defines
> SERIALNUMBER (official abbreviation SN, also SER and SERN in the wild) to
> hold this. But "printer-device-id" isn't something we want in the long
> term (only needed for drivers) and implementation of the serial number in
> the device ID is spotty at best...
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