Following is a short list of questions and issues we might want to consider
prior to the discussion dinner on Thurday night, May 15.
These questions and issues are not comlete by any means. Discussion is
encouraged prior to the meeting via this mailing list.
o What does "Universal Print Driver" mean?
o Why is it important?
The remainder of this message assumes that a Universal Print Driver is
indeed important. We may find, however, that it is not important, or at
least not sufficiently important to make the topic an official subgroup of
the PWG.
For brevity's sake, "Universal Print Driver" is abbreviated by "UPD" below.
o What are the goals in having a UPD?
o How would we model the UPD?
o What is the UPD's technical relationship to the IPP?
o What is the UPD's organizational relationship to the IPP?
o Are there any problems surrounding acceptance, either by users,
printer vendors, or platform vendors?
o Are there any issues surrounding applicable problem domains?
That is, is it possible (or desirable) to define a UPD that is equally
useful in very small environments where the printer may be directly
attached to the host, as well as is larger environments which
typically employ network printers?
o What goals or issues pertain to backwards compatibility?
o Does the UPD have potential for standardization?
Again, this is is certainly not complete. Others are encouraged to add to
the above items as quickly as possible. Hopefully we can publish a couple
of slides prior to the meeting on May 15 that summarize the group's primary
questions and issues, as a sort of agenda for the discussion.
It is important to note that the May 15 dinner discussion should be
considered a "Birds of a Feather" event in which brainstorming is
encouraged by all. I'll take responsibility for trying to keep the
discussions focused and manageable, but no one should expect a highly
formalized structure to this first meeting.
...jay
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