Harry,
I personally think that deviceStopped is sufficient to cover all printer
stoppage conditions including off-line. So I don't think it is necessary to
move serviceOffline. Also, if serviceOffline means that the printer is
off-line, it is well disguised in the DPA-ish description which I put for
reference below.
serviceOffline
The service/document transform is off-line and accepting no jobs. All pending
jobs are put into the pendingHeld state. This could be true if its input is
impaired or broken.
Stuart
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Subject: JMP> serviceOffline
Author: INTERNET:harryl at us.ibm.com at CSERVE
Date: 8/22/97 12:15 PM
BACKGROUND -- In Redmond, we moved processingToStopPoint from job state reasons
2 to job state reasons 1 as we agreed to use this reason to distinguish a
CANCEL state where sheets might still be cleared from the paper path from a
CANCEL operation that has completed.
PROBLEM -- In prototyping, we find one other job state reason which we feel is
useful enough to be migrated into the (mandatory) job state reasons 1 category.
This reason is serviceOffLine.
CLARIFICATION -- First, I am seeking agreement from the JMP that using job
state reason serviceOffLine is valid when the printer is off-line. (I know...
we usually get really tied up whenever the word off-line is used in
conversation). If so, do you agree that Off-line is a common, likely or
significant enough condition to warrant becoming part of the "reasons 1" group.
PROPOSAL -- I'd like to propose this simple change be added to Tom's pending
draft, if possible, so I'm asking for discussion and straw poll (assuming the
Chair deems this appropriate).
Thanks.
Harry Lewis - IBM Printing Systems