JMP Mail Archive: RE: JMP> HELD vs NEEDS-ATTENTION

RE: JMP> HELD vs NEEDS-ATTENTION

Ron Bergman (rbergma@dpc.com)
Fri, 23 May 1997 08:06:32 -0700 (PDT)

I agree with all the changes proposed for alignment of the IPP and
JMP job states except for the removal of "Needs Attention". This
should be the most important state to indicate to a user since
unless he takes action the job may never complete. I would think
that this would also be very important for IPP as well.

I also agree with Harry that "requiredResourcesNotReady" and
"serviceOffLine" apply better to "Needs Attention" than "Held".
(I also agree with Harry that "Printing" is a better description
for a user than "Processing". Since this is an enum, a user or
management ap can display whatever text that is deemed
appropriate. So I will vote to keep "Processing" unless there
is very strong support for "Printing".)

(Didn't we discuss "serviceOffLine" in a previous meeting and
determined that no one except Dataproducts has ever implemented
such a capability? I also indicated that I had recently deleted
the feature because I felt it was "stupid".)

Also, I agree with Jay that "Needs Attention" should apply to all
conditions, other than "Held", that prevents the job from printing.
"Held" only implies an administratively set condition.

Tom, since I could not participate in the Wednesday conference call,
could you explain why "Needs Attention" was not accepted by IPP?
It is very critical that JMP and IPP agree in this area and I would
hope this can be resolved quickly.

Ron Bergman
Dataproducts Corp