<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ira,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the wheel has already been invented,
i am just greasing it....</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IPP is great for hosts that can actually
send via IPP. Unfortunately, it is quite tricky to get your average AS/400
or mainframe to send via IPP...</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">That being the case we have to be sure
that other connection methods like Socket, LPR\LPD can also be used.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I understand that Linux and CUPS do
not have this problem....</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We do expect most PDF and Tiff files
to come from Host systems (legacy). </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Clearly not your problem, but it does
matter to the printer manufacturers. </font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">:)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
Regards<br>
Uli Wehner<br>
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<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">01/26/2006 01:28 PM</font>
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<div align=right><font size=1 face="sans-serif">To</font></div>
<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"'Till Kamppeter'" <till.kamppeter@gmx.net>,
Ulrich Wehner <uwehner@lanier.com></font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"McDonald, Ira" <imcdonald@sharplabs.com>,
desktop_printing-bounces@lists.osdl.org, "'desktop_printing@osdl.org'"
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif">RE: [Desktop_printing] FW: How to imbed
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<br><font size=2><tt>Hi Uli,<br>
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There already _are_ open standard XML-based job tickets:<br>
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(a) CIP4 JDF - since 2000 - <br>
(b) PWG PrintJobTicket - since 2004<br>
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The FSG Open Printing Job Ticket API specifies a complete<br>
C-language API (with the C headers and UML diagrams) for<br>
accessing a superset of all the job processing attributes <br>
that can be submitted in an IPP/1.1 (RFC 2911) print job.<br>
FSG/OP Job Ticket API v1.0 is in the directory:<br>
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ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/fsg/jobticket/JTAPI_Spec<br>
^ underscore<br>
in the file:<br>
<br>
fsg-openprinting-job-ticket-api-v0100-20050315.pdf<br>
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_please_ don't reinvent the wheel again.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
- Ira<br>
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<br>
Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<br>
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc<br>
PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839<br>
phone: +1-906-494-2434<br>
email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Till Kamppeter [mailto:till.kamppeter@gmx.net]<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:07 PM<br>
> To: Ulrich Wehner<br>
> Cc: McDonald, Ira; desktop_printing-bounces@lists.osdl.org;<br>
> 'desktop_printing@osdl.org'<br>
> Subject: Re: [Desktop_printing] FW: How to imbed Job Tickets in PDF<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Ulrich Wehner wrote:<br>
> > <br>
> > Ira,<br>
> > <br>
> > we are currently adding native PDF printing to the entire <br>
> product fleet.<br>
> > PDF direct printing as well as TIFF direct printing are a <br>
> huge requirement.<br>
> > <br>
> > i have seen several different (proprietary) standards for <br>
> job tickets.<br>
> > Taking 'legacy' job tickets and turning them into something <br>
> 'open' and<br>
> > at the same time adding support for extensive finishing capabilites<br>
> > would be an interesting topic.<br>
> > <br>
> <br>
> Do these native PDF printers have a documented standard <br>
> protocol to pass<br>
> the option settings into the printer or does every manufacturer go
its<br>
> own way to pass the settings? So that we have a known standard format<br>
> for the job data itself but still need manufacturer-specific <br>
> drivers to<br>
> add the job ticket to the job? What about PWG standards for <br>
> job tickets?<br>
> Is there hardware which uses them?<br>
> <br>
> > Also, embedding meta data for 'printing' to archiving <br>
> solutions is an<br>
> > interesting topic...<br>
> > <br>
> <br>
> What do you mean with "'printing' to archiving solutions"?
<br>
> Job goes into<br>
> a PDF file on an external archiving file server?<br>
> <br>
> Till<br>
> <br>
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