Subject: PMP> RE: [color counts already in] Printer MIB

From: "McDonald, Ira" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:02:48 -0800

Hi Kevin,

Simple color page counts have been in Printer MIB since v1 (RFC 1759).

The defacto standard method (implemented in quite a few network
printers) is to model the marker as _two_ rows in 'prtMarkerTable':

- set 'prtMarkerCounterUnit' to 'impressions(7)' (single page sides) or 
  'sheets(8)' (single- or two-sided pages);

- set color process elements:
  'prtMarkerProcessColorants' to '1' and 'prtMarkerSpotColorants' to '0'
  (monochrome, but not necessarily black ink) or
  'prtMarkerProcessColorants' to '1' and 'prtMarkerSpotColorants' to '1'
  (highlight color) or
  'prtMarkerProcessColorants' to '>=3' and 'prtMarkerSpotColorants to '0'
  (full color)

- use 'prtMarkerLifeCount' (non-volatile) and 'prtMarkerPowerOnCount'
  (resets on system reboot) to count mono, highlight, or full color.

This works fine for simple color counts.

Cheers,
- Ira (co-editor of Printer MIB v2)

Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)
Blue Roof Music / High North Inc
PO Box 221  Grand Marais, MI  49839
phone: +1-906-494-2434
email: [email-masked] 

-----Original Message-----

From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]On
Behalf Of Kevin Mesiab
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:17 AM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: PWG-ANNOUNCE> Printer MIB

I hope this is the correct place to ask this question.
 
Are there any plans to include a Color Page Count in the Printer MIB?
 
-Kevin Mesiab
 Wilder Technologies

From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]] On
Behalf Of Harry Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 7:56 AM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: PWG-ANNOUNCE> 2006 Meeting Schedule

The 2006 f2f meeting schedule for PWG has been posted. 
http://www.pwg.org/chair/meet06.html 
We will be getting details for the January (Vegas) meeting very shortly. 
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IBM STSM
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IBM Printing Systems 
http://www.ibm.com/printers
303-924-5337
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