Harry,
If I recall correctly, the finDeviceTable parameters maxCapacity and
currentLevel were intended to be used to define the level of the forms
in an output tray. The use of these objects for supplies was never
discussed.
For supplies there certainly is an overlap between the two groups.
We could add the restriction that the objects only apply to output
trays and add the value -3 to indicate that the object is not
applicable or simply allow use of these objects for supplies.
If we accept the later alternative, for your example of a stapler,
it would be best if the values for maxCapacity and currentLevel were
identical in both tables.
I don't see a problem with either approach but restricting the
objects in the device table to output trays seems to be a cleaner
approach.
Comments for other FIN MIB participants?
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM [mailto:harryl@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 8:24 AM
To: Bergman, Ron
Cc: fin@pwg.org
Subject: RE: Fin Device Capacity units
Ron, there's another question. We can indicate capacity (max current etc)
for the finDevice, itself as well as the finSupplies associated with the
finDevice. In some cases, I can see where a finDevice might have several
types of supplies but in MANY cases, the finDevice will have one supply
(consider a simple stapler). In this case, it seems the maxCapacity and
currentLevel of the finDeivce would be identical to that of the finSupply,
right?
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Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
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"Bergman, Ron" <Ron.Bergman@Hitachi-hkis.com>
11/16/2000 09:04 AM
To: Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM@IBMUS, fin@pwg.org
cc: "Bergman, Ron" <Ron.Bergman@Hitachi-hkis.com>
Subject: RE: Fin Device Capacity units
Harry,
You are correct, we missed this!
I will add "items(18)" to PrtCapacityUnitTC in the Printer MIB
when it reaches the RFC Editor. This entry is already in
PrtMarkerSuppliesSupplyUnitTC and it should have been added
to both.
Ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Harry Lewis/Boulder/IBM [mailto:harryl@us.ibm.com]
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 1:30 PM
To: fin@pwg.org
Cc: rbergma@hitachi-hkis.com
Subject: Fin Device Capacity units
It would appear that we overlooked adding fin types to the
PrtCapacityUnitTC. The only units in PrtCapacityUnitTC are
tenThousandthsOfInches(3), micrometers(4), sheets(8), feet(16),
meters(17). How, then, are we
to indicate the capacity or max capacity of a finisher device subunit such
as a stapler?
Also, it appears that, for simple finishers, it will be redundant to
describe the capacity and max capacity in both the Device and Supply
entries. (of course, more complex finishers may have multiple supplies and
supply types). In this case, is the recommendation to just let the
redundancy exist?
FinDeviceEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
finDeviceIndex Integer32,
finDeviceType FinDeviceTypeTC,
finDevicePresentOnOff PresentOnOff,
finDeviceCapacityUnit PrtCapacityUnitTC,
finDeviceMaxCapacity Integer32,
finDeviceCurrentCapacity Integer32,
finDeviceAssociatedMediaPaths OCTET STRING,
finDeviceAssociatedOutputs OCTET STRING,
finDeviceStatus PrtSubUnitStatusTC,
finDeviceDescription OCTET STRING
and also in the
FinSupplyEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
finSupplyIndex Integer32,
finSupplyDeviceIndex Integer32,
finSupplyClass PrtMarkerSuppliesClassTC,
finSupplyType PrtMarkerSuppliesTypeTC,
finSupplyDescription OCTET STRING,
finSupplyUnit PrtMarkerSuppliesSupplyUnitTC,
finSupplyMaxCapacity Integer32,
finSupplyCurrentLevel Integer32,
finSupplyColorName OCTET STRING
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Harry Lewis
IBM Printing Systems
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