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- Network Printing Protocol (npp)
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- Charter
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- Chair(s):
- Glenn Trewitt <trewitt@pa.dec.com>
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- Service Applications Area Director(s)
- Dave Crocker <dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu>
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- Mailing lists:
- General Discussion:print-wg@pa.dec.com
- To Subscribe: print-wg-request@pa.dec.com
- Archive:
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- Description of Working Group:
- The Network Printing Working Group has the goal of pursuing those
- issues which will facilitate the use of printers in an internetworking
- environment. In pursuit of this goal it is expected that we will
- present one or more printing protocols to be considered as standards
- in the Internet community.
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- This Working Group has a number of specific objectives. To provide a
- draft RFC which will describe the LPR protocol. To describe printing
- specific issues on topics currently under discussion within other
- Working Groups (e.g., Security and Dynamic Host Configuration), to
- present our concerns to those Working Groups, and to examine printing
- protocols which exist or are currently under development and assess
- their applicability to Internet-wide use, suggesting changes if
- necessary.
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- Goals and Milestones:
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- Done Review and approve the Charter, making any changes deemed necessary.
- Review the problems of printing in the Internet.
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- Done Write draft LPR specification.
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- Done Discuss and review the draft LPR specification. Discuss long-range
- printing issues in the Internet. Review status of Palladium print
- system at Project Athena.
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- Done Submit final LPR specification including changes suggested at the May
- IETF. Discuss document on mailing list.
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- Done Submit LPR specification as an RFC and standard.
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- Jul 90 Write description of the Palladium printing protocol (2.0) in RFC
- format.
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- Aug 90 Discuss and review the draft Palladium RFC.
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- Internet Drafts:
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- No Current Internet drafts.
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- Request For Comments:
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- RFC Stat Published Title
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- RFC1179 I Sep 90 Line Printer Daemon Protocol
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