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CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
Reported by Joel Gyllenskog/Hewlett-Packard
Minutes of the Printer MIB BOF (PRINTMIB)
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 Network
Management Area Director was present.
Of the twenty-three whose names were on the roster, all but five 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 five
years. He provided rationale as to why the printer manufacturers have
an interest in having their printers be manageable in a network
environment. He talked about other efforts that have occurred or that
are underway including the DMTF printer team. This group had
representatives of thirteen 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. The sense of the group was
that there will probably be on the order of from forty to sixty 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.
Attendees
Jim Barnes barnes@xylogics.com
Bill Cash cash@bangote.compaq.com
Manuel Diaz diaz@davidsys.com
Jonathan Didner jonb@bangate.compaq.com
Christine Gressley gressley@uiuc.edu
Joel Gyllenskog jgyllens@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com
Melanie Humphrey msh@uiuc.edu
Ronald Jacoby rj@sgi.com
Scott Kaplan scott@ftp.com
Charley Kline cvk@uiuc.edu
Andrew Knutsen andrewk@sco.com
David Lapp lapp@waterloo.hp.com
Larry Masinter masinter@parc.xerox.com
Jon Saperia saperia@zko.dec.com
Michael Scanlon scanlon@ftp.com
Chris Shaw cshaw@banyan.com
Timon Sloane timon@timonware.com
Bob Stewart rlstewart@eng.xyplex.com
Dean Throop throop@dg-rtp.dg.com
Steven Waldbusser waldbusser@andrew.cmu.edu
Steve Zilles szilles@adobe.com