RE: [Ltru] Suppress-Script (was: Re: Status of RFC 4645bis)

Hi,

John's got it just right - print spoolers and print
devices examine required resources for print jobs
at the time of job submission - NOT just at the time
of job execution, which may be minutes or hours later.

Jobs are rejected for resource conflicts (in this case
a font that doesn't cover the necessary characters)
at time of job submission, as a best practice.

Metadata about required scripts (note the plural please)
is important for user satisfaction when using shared
network printers - which are often considerably more
expensive than high-end UNIX workstations.  

Cheers,
- Ira

Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
Chair - Linux Foundation Open Printing WG
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839
phone: +1-906-494-2434
email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com

-----Original Message-----
From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan@ccil.org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 5:53 PM
To: Randy Presuhn
Cc: ltru@lists.ietf.org
Subject: Re: [Ltru] Suppress-Script (was: Re: Status of RFC 4645bis)

Randy Presuhn scripsit:

> Printing wasn't ever one of the use cases for script subtags, as far
> as I can recall.  Script subtags are much more relevant for searching / 
> filtering.  I'm actually a bit surprised that a print spooler would even
> need the script in metadata.  After all, the code points are distinct
> anyway.

FWIU, it's a matter of making sure that the printer has the correct fonts
without having to read through the entire document.

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