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From: mhsc@oce-rd1.oce.nl (Maarten Schoonwater)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
Subject: Re: Remote Printer Access protocol?
Message-ID: <1293@oce-rd1.oce.nl>
Date: 27 Sep 89 10:40:04 GMT
References: <814@maxim.erbe.se>
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In article <814@maxim.erbe.se> prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) writes:
>
>Is there anybody who knows if there exists such a thing like a Remote
>Printer Access Protocol or something like that in the TCP/IP or ISO
>world?
>


There is a significant amount of work done on the Document Print
Application service description and protocol within ECMA TC32-TG5. The work
is currently approaching the ECMA standard stage and is also picked up by
ISO SC18 where approximately the same text will go for DP ballot this
summer. This is the text Paul Pederson is refering to. I am a member of 
the ECMA group. The editor is Stan McConnell of Xerox. 

The DPA work addresses the protocol between an print client and a print
server and caters for all functionality such as job information, job
scheduling instructions, production instructions (paper type, output bins,
copy count, multiple up etc) status of printer, job and server; printer
attributes etc.

There is already limited prototyping work underway. If you want more info,
just ask.



Maarten Schoonwater
Oce-Nederland BV
Venlo, Netherlands
email: mhsc@oce.nl
phone: +31 77 59 35 48



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