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. 1 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 2