Real world needs always out-weigh those proposals submitted in the
vein of "just in case someone needs it"... ;-)
Ron (Mr. Chairman): would a "deadline for objections" be possible
so that Harry et al can get a better handle on planning?
...jay
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Harry Lewis wrote:
>
> I tried to send this a couple times... appoligize if older versions catch up
> later.
>
> There hasn't been a whole lot of discussion regarding my proposal (below) other
> than Ron indicating he believes it should be accepted.
>
> I would like to modify it slightly, in a manner which I believe better
> accomplishes the goal of distinguishing between collated and uncollated copies
> yet results in fewer changes to the Mib.
>
> To put it as simply as I can, I propose to add
>
> currentCopyNumber
> currentDocumentNumber
> copyType
>
> and to keep
>
> sheetsCompletedCurrentCopy
> impressionsCompletedCurrentCopy
> documentCopiesCompleted
> jobCopiesCompleted
>
> The example flows the same as before:
>
> For a 3 impression job with a request for 3 copies.
>
> Uncollated 3/3 (copyType = External Collation)
> --------------
>
> sheetsCompleted sheetsCompletedCurrentCopy currentCopyNumber
> --------------- -------------------------- -----------------
> 1 1 1
> 2 1 2
> 3 1 3
> 4 2 1
> 5 2 2
> 6 2 3
> 7 3 1
> 8 3 2
> 9 3 3
>
> Collated 3/3 (copyType = Internal Collation)
> ------------
>
> sheetsCompleted sheetsCompletedCurrentCopy currentCopyNumber
> --------------- -------------------------- -----------------
> 1 1 1
> 2 2 1
> 3 3 1
> 4 1 2
> 5 2 2
> 6 3 2
> 7 1 3
> 8 2 3
> 9 3 3
>
> The reason for the change from currentSheetNumber and currentImpressonNumber is
> that there may be several sheets in the paper path, (different) impressions may
> be ripping and printing at the same time etc. It's very hard to say which is
> the "currentImpression" or "currentSheet" but easier to say which is the
> current copy. It is easy to say which sheet has just completed (stacked).
>
> Note that, while drivers should protect from this, it is theoretically possible
> to mix collated and uncollated copies (try it with your favorite printer...
> it's fun!). At this point, attributes like current copy really break down. We
> feel, rather then try and define even more attributes to handle this
> pathological case we should just say behavior of the MIB, at this point, is
> device specific.
>
> Harry Lewis