From isaak@ljo.dec.com Tue Jun 20 12:41:33 1995 Received: from inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com by dkuug.dk with SMTP id AA28865 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4j for ); Tue, 20 Jun 1995 22:46:34 +0200 Received: from vanna.ljo.dec.com by inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com (5.65/24Feb95) id AA09065; Tue, 20 Jun 95 13:42:33 -0700 Received: from csac by vanna.ljo.dec.com; (5.65/1.1.8.2/10Oct94-8.2MPM) id AA05826; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:29:42 -0400 Received: by csac.ljo.dec.com; id AA19195; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:41:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:41:33 -0400 From: JimIsaak Message-Id: <9506202041.AA19195@csac.ljo.dec.com> To: sc22wg15@dkuug.dk Subject: Feedback from SC22 Review & Comment on System Admin: Printing X-Charset: ASCII X-Char-Esc: 29 Email from Bill Reinhuls, SC22 Secretariat, I've also forwarded to interested folks in IEEE PASC. Jim =============================== I just received the following "minor comment" on the POSIX Printing Interface WD (SC22 N1812) from John Bijlsma (NNI). He asked that it be distributed to the SC22 Member Bodies, which I will do. However, I thought you might want it earlier. It is printed below: Paragraph 4.10.3.1.2, page 158, line 3255-3242. We are not entirely happy with the delete-after attribute. The accompanying text is somewhat confusing. The last sentence stating that the file should not be deleted if an error occurs during printing or the job is removed, seems applicable only to delete-after-printing, although this is not stated. Even if it were stated this can still cause problems. Is printing on a machine that forgot to detect it ran out of toner an error? The user will think it is, but the system can not detect this. I think the user should always be prepared to reprint any documet and can never rely on the system to detect that a document is printed to the users satisfaction. Therefore it might be better if this attribute was deleted from your specification. The transition to the printing system you propose is a good time to get rid of unnecessary features. J. Bijlsma Standardization Consultant NNI/NEC IT & Telecommunication P.O.Box 5059 / 2600 GB DELFT / Netherlands telephone: +31 15 690126 / telefax: +31 15 690242(190) INET: john.bijlsma@nni.nl MHS/X400: C=ni, a=400net, p=nni, o=nni, s=bijlsma, g=john