PWG Mail Archive: Re: Printer MIB Implementation Experience

Re: Printer MIB Implementation Experience

Tom Hastings (hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com)
Wed, 6 Nov 1996 08:22:38 PST

Lloyd,

list at least the required groups from the Host Resources MIB and MIB II?

Lets discuss at the meeting tommorrow.

Tom

At 10:49 11/04/96 PST, Lloyd Young wrote:
>We must submit an implementation experience matrix to IETF for the
>Printer MIB. Deidre's request was that we list tables, scalar objects,
>and traps as column headings and vendors as row headings. I have
>come up with something that I wanted to toss out for discussion.
>I decided to list groups instead of tables because for the groups
>that are mandatory, we were supposed to implement everything
>in that group. I also took a first pass at filling in the matrix
>for the printer vendors. I used the information for the optional
>groups that had previously been sent in (for some reason I cannot
>find my copy of the reports from Kyocera and Xerox).
>
>There are two areas for discussion:
>1. Format of the matrix. Should we list all tables or is groups
>acceptable?
>2. Implementators need to verify and/or fill in the correct
>information for their implementation.
>
> HP IBM Kyocera Lexmark Tektronix Xerox
>
>General Printer Grp x x x x x x
>Responsible Party Grp x x ? x x ?
>Input Group x x x x x x
>Extended Input Group x x ? x x ?
>Input Media Group ? x x ?
>Output Group x x x x x x
>Extended Output Group x x ? x x ?
>Output Dimensions Grp ? x x ?
>Output Features Group x ? x x ?
>Marker Group x x x x x x
>Marker Supplies Group x ? x x ?
>Marker Colorant Group ? x x ?
>Media Path Group x x x x x x
>Channel Group x x x x x x
>Interpreter Group x x x x x x
>Console Group x x x x x x
>Alerts Group x x x x x x
>Alert Time Group x ? x x ?
>Traps Generated ? ? ? x ? ?
>
>For vendors which implemented different groups on different products, I
>decided that a logical OR of the different implementations was
>appropriate. Discussion?
>
>
>Lloyd Young Phone: (606) 232-5150
>Lexmark International Inc. Fax: (606) 232-6740
>740 New Circle Road NW internet: lpyoung@lexmark.com
>Lexington, KY 40511
>
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