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- From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
-
- In article <485@usenix.ORG> jsh@usenix.org (Jeffrey S. Haemer) writes:
- [ Well, actually, an anonymous person wrote it; Jeff edited it. -jsq ]
-
- IEEE 1003.10 and 1003.15: Supercomputing and Batch
-
- Just before the close of the meeting, a representative of POSIX.7
- presented some questions about the current direction of the batch
- effort and its relation to the Palladium print system (the Athena
- print system used at MIT). Many current NQS sites queue print
- requests with NQS, and there has been some interest in defining
- printing features. That function, however, is clearly within
- POSIX.7's scope. It is reasonable for POSIX.7 to question if and how
- Palladium and NQS are compatible.
-
- For the record, there's an Internet Engineering Task Force group doing
- work on defining a Network Printing Protocol. I enclose the charter
- of the group as I find it on nnsc.nsf.net:/ietf/npp-charter.txt.
-
- --Ed
-
- Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>
-
- Network Printing Protocol (npp)
-
- Charter_
-
- Chairperson:
- Leo McLaughlin, ljm@twg.com
- Mailing Lists:
- General Discussion: print-wg@pluto.dss.com
- To Subscribe: print-wg-request@pluto.dss.com
- 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.
- 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.
-
-
- Goals and Milestones:
-
- Done Review and approve the charter, making any changes deemed
- necessary. Review the problems of printing in the
- Internet.
- Apr 1990 Write draft LPR specification.
- May 1990 Discuss and review the draft LPR specification. Discuss
- long-range printing issues in the Internet. Review
- status of Palladium print system at Project Athena.
- May 1990 Submit final LPR specification including changes
- suggested at the May IETF. Discuss document on mailing
- list.
- Jun 1990 Submit LPR specification as an RFC and standard.
- Jul 1990 Write description of the Palladium printing protocol
- (2.0) in RFC format.
- Aug 1990 Discuss and review the draft Palladium RFC.
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 21, Number 86
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