OP SC Minutes - 1 October 2007

Linux Foundation (merger of OSDL and FSG) Open Printing Steering Committee Conference Call Minutes 1 October 2007

Meeting called to order by Ira McDonald at 7pm US EDT 1 October 2007. Minutes taken by Ira McDonald.

Attendees

Absentees

Agenda

(1) Review minutes of last OP SC meeting

    - See
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/fsg/steering_committee/OP-SC-Minutes-20070910.pdf
    - Discussion
      - Not reviewed

(2) Report on Open Printing Japan activities

    - See
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/fsg/vector/pdapi-spec-1.0rc5.pdf
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/fsg/vector/pdapi-changes-0.2to1.0rc5.pdf

    - Discussion
      - None (see slides from Printing Summit last week)

(3) Printing Summit and PWG meetings in September 2007

    - Printing Summit - Montreal, Canada - 24-27 September 2007
      - Ecole Polytechnique

    - IEEE/ISTO PWG / Open Printing WG Collaboration
      - Joint Plenary - Thursday am 27 September

    - IEEE/ISTO PWG - Montreal, Canada - 26-28 September 2007
      - PWG WG sessions - Wednesday pm/Thursday pm/Friday am

    - Discussion
      - Till - All speaker slides are now posted on PS WIKI page
      - Ira - No written summary report available yet

    - ACTION
      - Ira - Write up Printing Summit summary report and post

(4) Open Printing Future Directions - Glen Petrie

    - Discussion
      - Glen - Suggested topics/projects
        - OP should evaluate our short-/mid-/long-term directions
      - Short - OP should specify guidelines for printer test tools
        - Directory names and calling sequence (printer name)
        - Send data direct to printer via local channel only?
      - Mid - OP should specify guidelines for printing path test tools
        - Cover various printing paths, renderers, and channels
        - Output to file?
      - Long - OP should specify enhancements for discovery/installation
        - Driver installation URI extension for 1284 Device ID?
        - Ira - See previous PWG work on remote driver installation at:
ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/new_DRV/draft-ietf-ipp-install-04.pdf

      - PDF - OP should de-emphasize PDF workflow?
        - Because it's not printing on physical device?
        - NOT the concensus of the OP SC members attending meeting
      - Printing Dialogs - OP should query the Linux distributions
        - Is printing a vector of differentiation?
        - If not, the OP should standardize printing dialogs/installation
      - JTAPI - Model and API are overly complex?
        - Simple data structures should be exposed to application?
        - NOT the concensus of the OP SC members attending meeting

(5) November Linux Foundation Japan Symposium - Till Kamppeter

    - Thursday/Friday 1/2 November (according to LF Events calendar)
      - Open Printing meeting one of the days (probably Friday)

    - ACTION
      - Till - Coordinate plans with OP Japan team

Open Action Items

See 'ACTION' in agenda topics above

Next OP Steering Committee Teleconferences

(1) Eleventh 2007 SC meeting

    - Note
      - first week of November
      - Daylight Saving Time ends in Europe 28 October and US 4 November

    - Monday 5 November 2007, Evening
      - US/Europe
        3pm in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
        4pm in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
        5pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        6pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
        11pm in Coimbra, Portugal - WET (Western European Time)

    - Tuesday 6 November 2007, Morning
      - Japan
        8am in Japan - JST (Japan Standard Time)

    Toll Free (866) 839-8145
    Int'l     (865) 524-6352
    ACCESS Code: 7548766

(2) Twelfth 2007 SC meeting - tentative

    - Note
      - first week of December

    - Monday 3 December 2007, Evening
      - US/Europe

    - Tuesday 4 December 2007, Morning
      - Japan