IPP Mail Archive: RE: IPP> MOD - Ok to add 'image/tiff' and 'application/pdf' to IPP/1.1 Model document format list?

RE: IPP> MOD - Ok to add 'image/tiff' and 'application/pdf' to IPP/1.1 Model document format list?

Ron Bergman (rbergma@dpc.com)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 16:26:54 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time)

Richard,

See comment below

On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Richard Shockey wrote:

>
> >Tom,
> >
> >For printer capability discovery:
> >
> >I support just "image/tiff" for the "document-format-supported" attribute
> >and then include "tiff-profiles-supported" as an additional attribute.
> >"image/tiff" indicates that at least profile S is supported and if this is
> >satisfactory, the client has all the information necessary. If the client
> >wishes to use a more advanced profile of TIFF, either two requests can be
> >submitted or he can request both attributes in one request.
>
> As we have just cleared up .. there are two image/tiff application types.
>
> We should stick to what IANA should have posted.
>
> Then I agree as well that "tiff-profiles-supported" would be a proper
> additional attribute to develop.
>
> And there are 6 profles.
>
> Profile S, F, J, C, L and M
>
> To quote from what should have been in the IANA registry.
>
> New Value(s): faxbw, faxcolor

If the attribute specifies the profile (tiff-profiles-supported) isn't
this a better resolution than 'faxbw' and 'faxcolor'? Are you proposing
an attribute such as "tiff-applications-supported" which would only
include 'faxbw' and 'faxcolor'? The BW vs Color can be determined from
the "color-supported" Printer Description attribute and the profiles give
even better information.

>
> Description of Use:
>
> faxbw - The "faxbw" application parameter is suitable for use by
> applications that can process one or more TIFF for facsimile profiles or
> subsets used for the encoding of black-and-white facsimile data.
>
> faxcolor - The "faxcolor" application parameter is suitable for use by
> applications that can process one or more TIFF for facsimile profiles or
> subsets that can be used for the encoding of black and white, AND color
> facsimile data.
>
> >For job submission:
> >
> >Do we need to treat job submission for TIFF any differently than other
> >PDLs? For PCL, a version number of PCL is not included as an Operation or
> >Job Template attribute. This situation with TIFF should be treated as if
> >this was a real fax. That is, the client should only send a TIFF profile
> >that it is sure the target printer will properly process. If the client
> >has the ability to discover the supported profiles, it should not be
> >needed to be supplied in the job submission.
>
> This seems quite reasonable.
>

Ron Bergman
Dataproducts Corp.