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