Re: IPP> Re: IPP Scheme

Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> Mon, 13 July 1998 15:24 UTC

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From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
To: Rich Gray <RichG@digital-controls.com>
cc: "'Keith Moore'" <moore@cs.utk.edu>, ipp@pwg.org, moore@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: IPP> Re: IPP Scheme
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Jul 1998 11:05:33 EDT." <C544ABD0476AD11198490000C02B9F1506FB75@DCCEXCH>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 1998 11:15:17 -0400
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> MIME type would seem to provide a most adequate filtering hook for IPP
> and other protocols which also wish to ride on http.  

Filtering is not the issue with ipp: vs http:.  

The problem with using http: for printers is that it hides the fact 
that the resource is a printer.  Users then have to keep track of 
that information separately, while user agents (web clients etc.) 
are unable to take advantage of the fact that the resource is a 
printer to improve their user interfaces.

Keith