PWG Mail Archive: Re: Printer MIB charter

Re: Printer MIB charter

Chris Wellens (chrisw@iwl.com)
Thu, 31 Oct 1996 13:39:23 -0800 (PST)

On 30 Oct 1996, Lloyd Young wrote:

> Chris,
> At today's conference call, everyone thought the updated charter
> was acceptable. Could you please send this to Deidre?

Done.

> The group
> would like to be re-activated by the December IETF meeting if at
> all possible.

Hopefully they will still have some time slots available to
schedule a meeting.

> Thanks,
> Lloyd
> ================================================================
> Printer MIB (printmib)
> ----------------------
>
> Charter
>
> Current status: concluded working group
>
> Chair(s):
> Chris Wellens <chrisw@iwl.com>
> Lloyd Young <lpyoung@lexmark.com>
>
> Network Management Area Director(s):
> Deirdre Kostick <kostick@qsun.att.com>
>
> Area Advisor
> Chris Wellens <chrisw@iwl.com>
>
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>
> Description of Working Group:
>
> The Printer MIB Working Group is chartered to develop a set of managed
> objects for networked printers. These objects will be the minimum
> necessary to provide the ability to monitor and control these systems,
> providing fault, configuration and performance management, and will be
> consistent with the SNMP framework and existing SNMP standards.
>
> At its discretion, the working group may also define a small number of
> unsolicited notifications (traps) which carry these managed objects.
> However, the working group recognizes that traps are used sparingly in
> the SNMP framework.
>
> The working group recognizes that the area of networked printers is
> quite diverse. However, the working group is specifically confined to
> defining managed objects that instrument critical information about:
>
> - printer engine
>
> - interpreters
>
> - media
>
> - input sources
>
> - output destinations
>
> - I/O interfaces
>
> Further, the working group is specifically prohibited from defining
> managed objects that define instrumentation about:
>
> - other marking technologies (e.g., those that mark onto film)
>
> - fonts
>
> - spooling
>
> - print job management
>
> Goals and Milestones:
>
> Nov 96 Post first Internet-Draft; continue discussion.
>
> Feb 97 Post revised Internet-Draft.
>
> Apr 97 Meet at Memphis IETF to make final review of MIB.
>
> May 97 Submit final Internet-Draft to IESG for consideration as a
> Draft Standard.
>
>
> Internet-Drafts:
>
> No Current Internet-Drafts.
>
> Request For Comments:
>
> RFC Stat Published Title
> ------- -- ---------- -----------------------------------------
> RFC1759 PS Mar 95 Printer MIB
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>
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