Re: RFC: Definitions of Workgroup, Enterprise, and Production Printers

"Kennedy, Smith \(Wireless & IPP Standards\) via ipp" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:46:31 +0000

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Hi there,

> On Jan 17, 2022, at 7:32 AM, Michael Sweet via ipp <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Signed PGP part
> Bill, thanks.  Responses inline below...
> 
>> 	• I tend to think of a workgroup printer as being in a work environment and serving a group of people. What would one call my printer at home? Or the printers attached to specific workstations (e.g., receptionists) or printers in medical exam rooms (used for prescriptions, or information on problems for parents.
> 
> I went with the notion that any small (SOHO) network printer is a "workgroup" printer, but we could add a separate category for printers that are exclusively marketed as home printers.  Or we could use the SOHO acronym to clarify what we mean by workgroup?

Many "home" class printers these days are Wi-Fi enabled. The boundary between SOHO vs. SMB is tricky.

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