Subject: PMP> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:47:12 -0800

From: "McDonald, Ira" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:47:17 -0500

Hi,

While Steve Waldbusser (IETF Expert Advisor for Printer MIB)
did NOT use the correct identifier 'hrDevicePrinter', the 
clear intent is that 'hrDeviceType' MUST be 'hrDevicePrinter'.

(1) Verbatim quote from Printer MIB v1 (RFC 1759) page 28:

prtGeneralEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      PrtGeneralEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An entry exists in this table for each
>>      device entry in the hostmib device table who's type
        ^^^^^^                                   ^^^^^^^^^^
>>      is `printer'"
           ^^^^^^^^^
  
    INDEX  { hrDeviceIndex }
    ::= { prtGeneralTable 1 }

(2) Verbatim quote from Printer MIB v2 (RFC 3805) page 67:

prtGeneralEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX     PrtGeneralEntry
    MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
    STATUS     current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An entry exists in this table for each device entry in the
>>      host resources MIB device table with a device type of
                                               ^^^^^^ ^^^^
>>      'printer'.
        ^^^^^^^^^

        NOTE: The above description has been modified from RFC 1759
        for clarification."
    INDEX    { hrDeviceIndex }
    ::= { prtGeneralTable 1 }

Cheers,
- Ira

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]

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