IPP Mail Archive: Re: IPP> Does the world need a robust host-to-device network

Re: IPP> Does the world need a robust host-to-device network

Roger K Debry (rdebry@us.ibm.com)
Thu, 12 Feb 1998 07:56:54 -0500

It seems to me that the **ONLY** real value a new printing
standard can add is simply the fact that it is a standard
and supported across a broad set of products that thereby
achieve interoperability.

>"When compared to existing (proprietary/defacto) network printing
> protocols, IPP adds so little that it does not provide the impetus
> to change existing infrastructures in the Intranet environment."

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