From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yt4UOl6a2ZyEI2ASLf0AC65g/Ut/z7m9AKTpvacfm3c=; b=UyTnSXDZ+6uUQGdRNZ02UOXMIMatjn7uxv0WkB8Ko1paWdV+QFGL6UQb5x0W0l7mPgQiNiwv5T5PkWgH1aZ8SygiBWyDn0q7fBYNNkjjT2laTCFgXI798JaAtzzxgIfMrvQZZTHhDIhLfC8d176Ij2R5oD0/qmOp4Cbt2jxRTSg= Message-ID: <4728EFBB.1070200@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:12:27 +0900 From: Till Kamppeter MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2F7D63A21DB2C74EB8EB8C09AF667DB0130D1AF1@eitc220.eitc.epson.com> <4727BBE2.4050301@gmail.com> <20071031100252.EAAD.SHIDA.KEISHO@canon.co.jp> In-Reply-To: <20071031100252.EAAD.SHIDA.KEISHO@canon.co.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [Printing-architecture] Re: [Printing-japan] Re: The new "OpenPrinting Testing and Certification Program" Web Page List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "SHIDA, Keisho" Cc: "Petrie, Glen" , printing-architecture@lists.linux-foundation.org, Printing-japan , printing-summit@lists.linux-foundation.org I have added a note to the page now. It will be updated after the Tokyo OpenPrinting Meeting. Till SHIDA, Keisho wrote: > Till: > > Please act one of the following item immediately. > We believe that it mislead the people have no back ground of these discussion > > 1. Delete the pages > 2. Date it as you described if it was available in August 2006 but we never seen as Glen. > > Thank you. > > > Shida > === > > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:18:58 +0900 > Till Kamppeter wrote: > >> This page is old/obsolete (last edited Aug 2006). It needs to be updated >> with the results we obtain this Friday here in Tokyo. >> >> Till >> >> Petrie, Glen wrote: >>> Till, >>> >>> >>> >>> I just noticed on the OpenPrinting web page a new page on "OpenPrinting >>> Testing and Certification Program" with the expressed goal >>> >>> >>> >>> Here we will develop a distribution-independent testing and >>> certification program for printers and printer drivers. The goal of this >>> program is that >>> >>> *LSB-certified printer + LSB-certified OS distribution = Just works!* >>> >>> It should be agreed on a test program which covers use cases appropriate >>> to the printers and gives ratings on how well the functionalities of the >>> printer work with free Linux/Unix operating systems. The results should >>> be published in the linuxprinting.org printer database. >>> >>> … and the section … >>> >>> >>> *Certification * >>> >>> A printer should be certified by FSG OpenPrinting when it succeeds in >>> the tests and when the driver is either in the standard repertoire of >>> the distributions, downloadable as distribution-independent package from >>> linuxprinting.org or coming as distribution-independent package with the >>> printer, so that the printer installs out-of-the-box from any >>> LSB-compliant distribution. >>> >>> >>> >>> I am a little surprised to see this page with goal. At the last two >>> summit meetings, the Printer Manufactures all agreed that they did not >>> support an "OpenPrinting Testing and Certification Program" but would >>> support a “Self Validation Program”. As a member of the Open Printing >>> Steering Committee I don’t remember the discussion of having an >>> "OpenPrinting Testing and Certification Program". >>> >>> >>> >>> Can you clarify if the page promoting a “Certification Program” or a >>> “Self-Validation Program”? If the intent is a “Self-Validation >>> Program”, then I would encourage you to change the wording. If the >>> intent is to be a “Certification Program” I would like to know if >>> printer manufactures are willing to support it. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> See: http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/TestingCertification >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Printing-japan mailing list >> Printing-japan@lists.linux-foundation.org >> https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/printing-japan > > > >