Re: What value do IPP Printers provide for "printer-name"?[EXTERNAL]

Bill,

> On Jun 21, 2024, at 2:48 PM, wamwagner--- via ipp <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Although I basically agree with  what has been expressed, I suggest there are two main points;
>     • What was the intended use of this attribute and has that been satisfied?

From STD92, it was intended as a user-friendly name for the printer (something that is "more user-friendly than a URI")  I don't know that we are quite there yet... :/

>     • Do we now envision a different use and what needs to be done to support that?

I think the use/semantics remain the same, but the current definition doesn't provide implementors (printer vendors, software solution providers, etc.) enough guidance.  Thus some vendors are trying to provide a useful default (model name or hostname) while others are using "less-useful" values.  And it isn't always settable, which is something we *can* call out in IPP Everywhere.

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Michael Sweet

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