FYI -- Printer MIB working group forming
Glenn Trewitt <trewitt@pa.dec.com> Fri, 19 November 1993 16:58 UTC
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Subject: FYI -- Printer MIB working group forming
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------- Forwarded Message Return-Path: jgyllens@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com From: Joel Gyllenskog <jgyllens@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> Message-Id: <9311182206.AA04059@hpbs907.boi.hp.com> Subject: print MIB BOF minutes To: minutes@cnri.reston.va.us Date: Thu, 18 Nov 93 15:06:50 MST Cc: waldbusser@cmu.edu, mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us, pmi@hpbs907.boi.hp.com Mailer: Elm [revision: 66.25] From: Joel Gyllenskog To: Broad distribution Date: November 18, 1993 Topic: PrintMIB BOF minutes from Houston IETF A meeting of the PrintMIB BOF was held Wednesday, November 3, 1993 from 1600-1800 at the IETF meeting in Houston. The meeting was chaired by Joel Gyllenskog of Hewlett-Packard. Marshall Rose, the Area Director was present. Those that put their names on the roster which was circulated during the meeting were: Steve Zilles szilles@adobe.com Bob Stewart rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com Manuel Diaz diaz@davidsys.com Jon Didner jond@bangate.compaq.com Bill Cash cash@bangate.compaq.com Melanie Humphrey msh@uiuc.edu Chris Shaw cshaw@banyan.com Timon Swane timon@timonware.com Jim Barnes barnes@xylogics.com Ronald Jacoby rj@sgi.com Dean Throop throop@dg-rtp.dg.com Alan Perelman a_perelman@emulex.com Scott Kaplan scott@ftp.com Andrew Knutsen andrewk@sco.com Mike Scanlon scanlon@ftp.com Steve Waldbusser waldbusser@cmu.edu Jon Saperia saperia@zko.dec.com Craig Whittle cwhittle@bangate.compaq.com Christine Gressley gressley@uiuc.edu Charley Kline cvk@uiuc.edu Joel Gyllenskog jgyllens@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com Larry Masinter masinter@parc.xerox.com Dave Lapp lapp@waterloo.hp.com Of the 23 whose names were on the roster, all but 5 asked to have their names added to the mailing list. The agenda as posted on the internet was presented. Joel gave a brief history of some of the changes in printing on LANs over the past 5 years. He presented rational as to why the printer manufacturers have an interest in having their printers be managable in a network environment. He talked about other efforts that have occured or that are underway including the DMTF printer team. This group at representatives of 13 different printer manufacturers at their October meeting, along with representatives from other companies with an interest in the use of printers. The goal of the group is to specify a set of objects that can be used to manage printers and to have that set be the same for the DeskTop as for the network. This desire is shared by members of COSE and DSIS. A discussion of the potential number of objects that would fall into a standard printer MIB was led by Marshall Rose, the Area Director. The sense of the group was that there will probably be on the order of from 40 to 60 objects. Steve Waldbusser led a discussion of existing MIBs and how they may be used by printers. This includes the Host MIB, MIB II, and the character MIB. Steve has indicated a willingness to provide technical oversight to the group. The idea was put forward that fonts, spooling, and print job management are not part of the set that will be included in the print MIB. These areas are interesting and important, but their inclusion would add significantly to the effort of the group and decrease the likelihood of a timely completion of the MIB. The areas that were discussed that the group felt could profitably be included in a print MIB included: Print Engine, Interpreters, Media, Input Sources, and Output Destinations. Those present indicated the importance of using the net to allow broad input and participation. A discussion of the time schedule proposed resulted in a recommendation that the Charter specify completion by the July IETF meeting, but that the group work to accomplish the task by May. The consensus of those in attendance was that a proposed charter be given to the Area Director with the recommendation that a print MIB Working Group be established. ------- End of Forwarded Message
- FYI -- Printer MIB working group forming Glenn Trewitt
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