INTERNET-DRAFT Ron Bergman
Dataproducts Corp.
January 12, 1998
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations
for the Job Monitoring MIB
<draft-ietf-printmib-job-protomap-00.txt>
Expires July 12, 1998
Status of this Memo
This document is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working
documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas,
and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute
working documents as Internet-Drafts.
Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six
months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other
documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts
as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in
progress".
To learn the current status of any Internet-Draft, please check the
"1id-abstracts.txt" listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow
Directories on ftp.is.co.za (Africa), nic.nordu.net (Europe),
munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), ds.internic.net (US East Coast), or
ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast).
Abstract
This Internet-Draft defines the recommended mapping for many
currently popular Job submission protocols to objects and
attributes the Job Monitoring MIB.
Bergman [page 1]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION......................................................3
2.0 LINE PRINTER DAEMON (LPR/LPD) PROTOCOL............................4
2.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to LPR/LPD...............................4
2.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to LPR/LPD......................................5
2.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to LPR/LPD...............................5
2.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to LPD.................................5
3.0 APPLETALK PROTOCOL................................................6
3.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to AppleTalk.............................6
3.2 Other AppleTalk Mappings..........................................6
4.0 INTERNET PRINTING PROTOCOL (IPP)..................................6
4.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to IPP...................................7
4.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to IPP..........................................7
4.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to IPP...................................7
4.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to IPP.................................8
5.0 INTELLIGENT PRINTER DATA STREAM (IPDS)............................8
6.0 DOCUMENT PRINTING APPLICATION (DPA)...............................8
6.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to DPA...................................9
6.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to DPA..........................................9
6.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to DPA...................................9
6.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to DPA................................10
7.0 NOVELL DISTRIBUTED PRINT SERVICE (NDPS)..........................11
7.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to NDPS.................................11
7.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to NDPS........................................11
7.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to NDPS.................................11
7.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to NDPS...............................11
8.0 PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE (PJL).......................................13
8.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to PJL..................................13
8.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to PJL.........................................13
8.3 The Attribute Group Mapped to PJL................................13
9.0 POSTSCRIPT.......................................................14
9.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to PostScript...........................14
9.2 Other MIB Objects and Attributes Mapped to PostScript............14
10.0 NETWARE PSERVER.................................................14
10.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to PServer.............................14
10.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to PServer....................................15
10.3 The Attribute Group Mapped to PServer...........................15
11.0 NETWARE NPRINTER or RPRINTER....................................15
12.0 SERVER MESSAGE BLOCK (SMB) PROTOCOL.............................16
12.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to SMB.................................16
12.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to SMB........................................16
12.3 Other MIB objects Mapped to SMB.................................16
13.0 TRANSPORT INDEPENDENT PRINTER/SYSTEM INTERFACE (TIP/SI).........17
13.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to TIP/SI..............................17
13.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to TIP/SI.....................................17
13.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to TIP/SI..............................17
13.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to TIP/SI............................17
14.0 REFERENCES......................................................18
15.0 AUTHORS.........................................................18
Bergman [page 2]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The Job Monitoring MIB [JobMIB] is intended to be implemented in a device or
server that supports any job submission protocol. However, the information
available and the method of presentation varies significantly by job submission
protocol. A common method of mapping job submission information to the Job
Monitoring MIB is essential for interoperability of Job MIB agents and
monitoring applications. This document defines recommended mappings for most
popular job submission protocols to insure this compatibility.
All mappings are unidirectional from the job submission protocol to the MIB.
It is assumed that support of the job submission protocol in the printer
implies that the reverse information flow is presently defined and does not
require interaction from the MIB. This mapping is not defined in this document
as it should be obvious.
This document refers to system configurations that are defined in the Job
Monitoring MIB [JobMIB]. For those readers that are familiar with the
configuration descriptions, a short summary appears here. Please see the Job
MIB document for further details.
Configuration 1: This is a simple peer-to-peer system which contains
only a client and a printer. The Job MIB agent is resident in
the printer.
Configuration 2: This system contains a client, server, and a
printer. The Jib MIB agent is resident in the server.
Configuration 3: This system, as in configuration 2, contains a
client, server, and a printer. In this case the Job MIB agent is
implemented within the printer.
The most important object to be mapped is jmJobSubmissionId, since this is a
method for the user or client to determine the jmJobIndex for a submitted job.
Therefore, jmJobSubmissionId is specified for all job submission protocols
defined in this document. The remaining objects mapped include only those
items that have the equivalent information presented to the printer by the job
submission protocol.
While this document places a strong emphasis on jmJobSubmissionId mapping to
obtain jmJobIndex, the preferred method is through the use of a bidirectional
protocol that returns the value of jmJobIndex to the client, such as IPP. When
a bidirectional protocol that returns jmJobIndex is in use, the
jmJobSubmissionId object has no value to the client. When the jmJobIndex
cannot be returned, the use of a client defined jmJobSubmissionId is preferred
over an agent derived value. The client defined version allows for retrieval
of jmJobIndex using a single SNMP Get operation, since jmJobSubmissionId is the
index into the jmJobId table. An agent derived value will require a search
through multiple entries in the jmJobId table.
Bergman [page 3]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
The majority of the protocols mapped in this document are oriented towards
network job submission. However, the Job Monitoring MIB is also intended to
monitor print jobs received from other than network ports, such as parallel and
serial ports. Some of the job submission protocols included that are used with
non-networked ports are PJL, PostScript, and TIP/SI. In addition, the Job
Monitoring MIB can be used with print jobs that are internally generated, such
as self test pages. In this latter case, no mapping is required since all job
submission protocols are bypassed.
2.0 LINE PRINTER DAEMON (LPR/LPD) PROTOCOL
The LPR/LPD printing protocol [LPD] is used with BSD Unix systems in the
client-server-printer configuration. Usage of the Job Monitoring MIB with
LPR/LPD will most likely conform to Configuration 3, where the monitor
application or the server uses SNMP to obtain job information from the printer.
The client communicates with the Unix server using the existing LPD protocol to
obtain job information.
The LPR/LPD protocol is also used in the Windows environment to implement peer-
to-peer printing, as shown in configuration 1. In this case, SNMP is used by
the client and/or the monitor application to obtain the job information.
One of the major problems of LPR/LPD is the large number of vendor unique
extensions currently used with the protocol and the resulting compatibility
issues between available implementations. To avoid these issues, this mapping
of LPR/LPD is restricted to the protocol as defined by RFC 1179.
The LPR/LPD protocol transfers print job data and control information in
separate files, known as the Data File and Control File, respectively. Most of
the information concerning the print job is contained in the Control File. In
many LPD implementations, the Control File is transferred following the Data
File. Thus much of the information concerning the job may not be available
until the completion of the data transmission.
2.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to LPR/LPD
The LPR/LPD Receive Data File command contains a parameter which defines the
name of the data file. This name field is structured as follows:
dfaXXX<host-name> or daXXXX<host-name>
Where XXX or XXXX is the numeric job number assigned by the LPR/LPD client
submitting the print job. The recommended mapping of this name field to
jmJobSubmissionId is:
Bergman [page 4]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
octet 1: '9'
octets 2-40: Contains the <host-name> portion of the name field. If
the <host-name> portion is less than 40 octets, the
left-most character in the string shall appear in octet
position 2. Any unused portion of this field shall be
filled with spaces. Otherwise, only the last 39 bytes
shall be included.
octets 41-48: '00000XXX' or '0000XXXX', where XXX or XXXX is the
decimal (ASCII coded) representation of the LPR/LPD
job number.
2.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to LPR/LPD
The job index (jmJobIndex) is assigned by the SNMP job monitoring agent and is
independent of the XXX (or XXXX) index assigned by the LPR/LPD client. This
will allow the SNMP agent to track jobs received from multiple sources.
2.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to LPR/LPD
MIB Object | LPR/LPD Parameter
-----------------------+------------------------------------------------
jmJobKOctetsRequested | Number of bytes as defined in the Data File
jmJobOwner | Control file command code = P (User Id)
2.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to LPD
Other attributes that are applicable, but not defined in this section such as
attributes that map to a vendor unique extension, may also be included.
MIB attribute | LPR/LPD information | Data type
----------------------+---------------------------------+--------------
jobName | Name of the data file (note 1) | Octet String
queueNameRequested | Queue name from the Data File | Octet String
fileName | Source File Name (notes 2, 3) | Octet String
documentName | Document title (notes 2, 4) | Octet String
Notes:
------
1. See section 2.1 (jmJobSubmissionId).
2. The information is optional in the Control File. The attribute
should be included if present in the Control File.
3. Control file command code = N.
4. Control file command code = J.
Bergman [page 5]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
3.0 APPLETALK PROTOCOL
AppleTalk was originally developed as a peer-to-peer network protocol, as
described in configuration 1, for use with Apple Macintosh computers. Today,
print spoolers are also available for use with Macintosh computer networks that
conform to configurations 2/3. In addition, printing with the AppleTalk
protocol is supported from both Windows NT servers and Novell servers also per
configurations 2/3.
The AppleTalk protocol provides very little information that can be used with
the Job Monitoring MIB. The Macintosh print drivers are able to provide
information concerning the user and document name but imbed this information in
the PDL, which is typically PostScript. The preferred jmJobSubmissionId is
constructed from the information in the PostScript file, as defined in section
9.0.
3.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to AppleTalk
An alternative jmJobSubmissionId may be constructed from the Connection
Identifier contained in the AppleTalk Printer Access Protocol (PAP) header.
Since the Connection Id is not readily available in any of the defined
AppleTalk implementations, this approach may be of little utility.
octet 1: 'A'
octets 2-40: Contains the AppleTalk printer name, with the first
character of the name in octet 2. AppleTalk printer
names are a maximum of 31 characters. Any unused
portion of this field shall be filled with spaces.
octets 41-48: '00000XXX', where 'XXX' is the decimal (ASCII coded)
representation of the Connection Id.
3.2 Other AppleTalk Mappings
No other Job MIB objects or parameters can be derived from information
available in the AppleTalk headers
4.0 INTERNET PRINTING PROTOCOL (IPP)
The Internet Printing Protocol [IPP] supports printing using any one of the
three possible configurations. For configuration 2, the mapping defined herein
is performed on an agent within the server. Otherwise, the mapping is
performed on an agent within the printer.
Bergman [page 6]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
4.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to IPP
IPP contains a rich set of parameters which allow several methods of creating
the jmJobSubmissionId object. To prevent interoperability problems, the
preferred method is to use the IPP job-uri attribute as follows:
octet 1: '4'
octets 2-40: Contains the IPP job-uri job description attribute
generated by the printer. (The job-uri is returned to
the client by IPP.) If the job-uri is less than 40
octets, the left-most character in the string shall
appear in octet position 2. Any unused portion of this
field shall be filled with spaces. Otherwise, only the
last 39 bytes shall be included.
octets 41-48: Contains the decimal (ASCII coded) representation of
the job-id job template attribute. Leading zeros shall
be inserted to fill the entire 8 octet field.
4.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to IPP
The job index (jmJobIndex) assigned by the SNMP job monitoring agent is
returned to the client by IPP as the job-id job description attribute. (Since
IPP does not require consecutively generated job-ids, the agent may receive
jobs from multiple clients and can assign jmJobIndex in an ascending sequence
independent of the submitting job client.) The IPP job-id must be restricted
to the range of 1 to 99,999,999 (decimal) to allow the value to be properly
represented in jmJobSubmissionId.
4.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to IPP
MIB Object | IPP Job attribute
--------------------------+---------------------------------------------
jmJobOwner | job-originating-user
jmJobKOctetsRequested | job-k-octets
jmJobKOctetsProcessed | job-k-octets-processed
jmJobImpressionsRequested | job-impressions
jmJobImpressionsProcessed | job-impressions-completed
jmJobStateReasons1 | job-state-reasons (note 1)
jmNumberOfInterveningJobs | number-of-intervening-jobs
Notes:
------
1. JobStateReasons is a bit map described in one object and three
attributes. The IPP condition may change one or more of the bits
in one or more of these Job MIB items.
Bergman [page 7]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
4.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to IPP
The following mappings are required if the listed IPP job template attribute is
provided.
MIB attribute | IPP job attribute | Data type
---------------------------+------------------------------+-------------
jobCodedCharSet | attributes-charset (note 1) | Octet String
jobNaturalLanguage | attributes-natural-language | Octet String
jobName | job-name | Octet String
documentFormat | document-format | Octet String
jobPriority | job-priority | Integer
jobHoldUntil | job-hold-until | Octet String
sides | sides (note 2) | Integer
finishing | finishings | Integer
printQualityRequested | print-quality | Integer
printerResolutionRequested | printer-resolution | Integer
jobCopiesRequested | copies | Integer
mediumRequested | media | Octet String
jobSubmissionTime | time-at-submission | Integer
jobStartedProcessingTime | time-at-processing | Integer
jobCompletionTime | time-at-completed | Integer
sheetsRequested | job-media-sheets | Integer
jobURI | job-uri | Octet String
jobStateReasonsN | job-state-reasons (note 3) | Integer
physicalDevice | output-device-assigned | Octet String
sheetsCompleted | job-media-sheets-completed | Integer
Notes:
------
1. jobCodedCharSet is an enum from the IANA registry which is also
used in the Printer MIB. The IPP attributes-charset is the name
(MIME preferred) of the character set.
2. The Job MIB sides attribute uses the integer values "1" and "2".
The IPP sides attribute uses three keywords.
3. jobStateReasons is a bit map described in one object and three
attributes. The IPP condition may change one or more of the bits
in one or more of these Job MIB items.
5.0 INTELLIGENT PRINTER DATA STREAM (IPDS)
6.0 DOCUMENT PRINTING APPLICATION (DPA)
The ISO 10175 Document Printing Application [DPA] supports printing using any
one of the three possible configurations. For configuration 2, the mapping
defined herein is performed on a server. Otherwise, the mapping is performed
on an agent within the printer.
Bergman [page 8]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
6.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to DPA
DPA contains a rich set of parameters which allow several methods of creating
the jmJobSubmissionId object. To prevent interoperability problems, the
preferred method is to use the DPA job-originating-user attribute as follows:
octet 1: '0'
octets 2-40: Contains the DPA job-owner attribute
supplied by the submitter. If the job-owner
is less than 40 octets, the left-most character in the
string shall appear in octet position 2. Any unused
portion of this field shall be filled with spaces.
Otherwise, only the last 39 bytes shall be included.
octets 41-48: Contains an 8-digit sequential decimal number.
6.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to DPA
The job index (jmJobIndex) assigned by the SNMP job monitoring agent is
returned to the client by DPA as a decimal digit string as the value of the DPA
job-identifer attribute. (Since DPA does not require consecutively generated
job-identifiers, the agent may receive jobs from multiple clients and can
assign the jmJobIndex in an accending sequence independent of the submitting
job client.) The DPA job-identifier must be restricted to the range of 1 to
99,999,999 (decimal) to allow the value to be properly represented in
jmJobSubmissionId.
6.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to DPA
MIB Object | DPA Job attribute
--------------------------+---------------------------------------------
jmJobOwner | job-owner
jmJobKOctetsRequested | total-job-octets (note 1)
jmJobKOctetsProcessed | job-octets-completed (note 1)
jmJobImpressionsRequested | job-impression-count
jmJobImpressionsProcessed | impressions-completed
jmJobStateReasons1 | job-state-reasons (note 2)
jmNumberOfInterveningJobs | intervening-jobs
Notes:
------
1. jmJobKOctetsRequested and jmJobKOctetsProcessed is in K octets
while the DPA job-total-octets and job-octets-completed is in
octets and is 63-bits of significance.
2. JobStateReasons is a bit map described in one object and three
attributes. The DPA condition may change one or more of the bits
in one or more of these Job MIB items. Also the DPA
job-state-reasons is a multi-valued attribute with each value being
Bergman [page 9]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
an OBJECT IDENTIFIER (OID).
6.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to DPA
The following mappings are required if the listed DPA job attribute is
provided.
MIB attribute | DPA job attribute |IPP Data type
---------------------------+------------------------------+-------------
jobCodedCharSet | (note 1) | Octet String
jobNaturalLanguage | document-natural-language | Octet String
jobName | job-name | Octet String
documentFormat | document-format | Octet String
jobPriority | job-priority | Integer
jobProcessAfterDateAndTime | job-print-after | Octet String
sides | sides (note 3) | Integer
finishing | job-finishing, finishing | Integer
printQualityRequested | print-quality | Integer
printerResolutionRequested | default-printer-resolution | Integer
| (note 4) |
jobCopiesRequested | job-copies-requested | Integer
mediumRequested | page-media-select, | Octet String
| default-medium |
jobSubmissionTime | submission-time (note 5) | Integer
jobStartedProcessingTime | started-printing-time (note 5) Integer
jobCompletionTime | completion-time (note 5) | Integer
sheetsRequested | job-media-sheet-count | Integer
jobURI | job-uri | Octet String
jobStateReasonsN | job-state-reasons (note 2) | Integer
physicalDevice | printers-assigned | Octet String
sheetsCompleted | job-media-sheets-completed | Integer
Notes:
------
1. Every DPA attribute is tagged indicating the coded character set
to be used for that attribute.
2. JobStateReasons is a bit map described in one object and three
attributes. The DPA condition may change one or more of the bits
in one or more of these Job MIB items. Also the DPA
job-state-reasons is a multi-valued attribute with each value being
an OBJECT IDENTIFIER (OID).
3. The Job MIB sides attribute is an integer '1' or '2' while the DPA
sides attribute has one of six OID values that includes plex.
4. printerResolutionRequested has x and y resolution and is intended
to override the resolution instruction in the document, if any,
while the DPA default-printer-resolution is the same in x and y and
only takes effect if the document does not contain a resolution
instruction
5. IPP times are the number of seconds since boot time, while DPA
times are a date/time.
Bergman [page 10]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
7.0 NOVELL DISTRIBUTED PRINT SERVICE (NDPS)
Novell Distributed Print Services is a DPA based job submission protocol that
conforms to configuration 3.
7.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to NDPS
NDPS supports the generation of a properly formatted jmJobSubmissionId for use
in the Job MIB, via the attribute ndps-att-job-identifier.
ISSUE: Is this the proper NDPS atrribute or should the attrribute ndps-att-
identifier-on-client or ndps-att-new-job-identifier to be used?
7.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to NDPS
NDPS defines the attribute ndps-att-job-identifier-on-printer that can be used
to return the value of jmJobIndex to the NDPS client.
7.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to NDPS
MIB Object | NDPS Parameter
---------------------------------+--------------------------------------
jmJobOwner | ndps-att-job-owner
jmJobState | ndps-att-current-job-state (note 1)
jmJobStateReasons1 | ndps-att-job-state-reasons (note 2)
jmJobKOctetsProcessed | ndps-att-octets-completed
jmJobImpressionsCompleted | ndps-att-impressions-completed
jmNumberOfInterveningJobs | ndps-att-intervening-jobs
jmJobImpressionsPerCopyRequested | ndps-att-job-impressions-count
| (note 3)
Notes:
------
1. Some of the NDPS job states must be represented by both a
jmJobState and a jmJobStateReasons1 object or a jobStateReasonsN
attribute.
2. The NDPS job state reasons may be mapped to either the object
jmJobStateReasons1 or the attribute jobStateReasonsN.
3. The Job MIB object must be multiplied by the attribute
jobCopiesRequested to obtain the NDPS attribute value, if multiple
copies have been requested.
7.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to NDPS
The following mappings are required if the listed PJL attribute or command
option is provided.
Bergman [page 11]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
MIB attribute | NDPS parameter | Data type
---------------------------+------------------------------+-------------
jobAccountName | ndps-att-job-owner | Octet String
jobName | ndps-att-job-name | Octet String
numberOfDocuments | ndps-att-number-of-documents | Integer
fileName | ndps-att-document-file-name | Octet String
documentName | ndps-att-document-name | Octet String
jobComment | ndps-att-job-comment | Octet String
documentFormatIndex | ndps-att-prtInterpreterIndex | Integer
documentFormat | ndps-att-document-format | Integer
jobPriority | ndps-att-job-priority | Integer
jobProcessAfterDateAndTime | ndps-att-job-print-after | Octet String
outputBin | ndps-att-results-profile | Integer
| (note 1) |
sides | ndps-att-sides (note 2) | Integer
finishing | ndps-att-job-finishing | Integer
printQualityRequested | ndps-att-print-quality | Integer
printerResolutionRequested | ndps-att-default-printer-- |
| resolution (note 3) | Integer
printerResolutionUsed | ndps-att-default-resolutions--
| used | Integer
jobCopiesRequested | ndps-att-results-profile | Integer
| (note 4) |
mediumConsumed | ndps-att-media-used | Integer
jobSubmissionToServerTime | ndps-att-submission-time | Octet String
jobSubmissionTime | ndps-att-started-printing-time Octet String
jobOriginatingHost | ndps-att-job-originator | Octet String
numberOfDocuments | ndps-att-number-of-documents | Integer
jobCompletionTime | ndps-att-completion-time | Octet String
jobCopiesCompleted | ndps-att-job-copies-completed| Integer
sheetsRequested | ndps-att-job-media-- |
| sheet-count | Integer
sheetsCompleted | ndps-att-media-sheets-- |
| completed | Integer
documentCopiesRequested | ndps-att-copy-count | Integer
documentCopiesCompleted | ndps-att-copies-completed | Integer
| (note 3)
Notes:
------
1. The output-bin field in ndps-att-results-profile is to be used.
2. The Job MIB sides attribute is an integer '1' or '2' while the NDPS
sides attribute has one of six OID values that includes plex.
3. printerResolutionRequested has x and y resolution and is intended
to override the resolution instruction in the document, if any,
while the ndps-att-default-printer-resolution is the same in x and
y and only takes effect if the document does not contain a
resolution instruction
4. The job-copies field in ndps-att-results-profile is to be used.
Bergman [page 12]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
8.0 PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE (PJL)
PJL [PJL] has been developed by Hewlett-Packard to provide job control
information to the printer and status information to applications, independent
of the PDL.
8.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to PJL
PJL has defined the SUBMISSIONID option for the JOB command which indicates a
properly formatted jmJobSubmissionId for use in the Job MIB. The PJL JOB
command is presented at the start of a print job with options that apply only
the attached job. The syntax for this command option is:
@PJL JOB SUBMISSIONID = "id string"
Driver software that implements this PJL command option must provide the "id
string" in one of the client version formats specified in the Job MIB for
jmJobSubmissionId.
For drivers that are not able to create the SUBMISSIONID option, it is
recommended that jmJobSubmissionId format 0 be created by the agent using the
PJL attribute DocOwner or DocOwnerId.
octet 1: '0'
octets 2-40: Contains the string associated with DocOwner or
DocOwnerId. If the string is less than 40 octets, the
left-most character in the string shall appear in octet
position 2. Otherwise, only the last 39 bytes shall be
included. Any unused portion of this field shall be
filled with spaces. If DocOwner or DocOwnerId cannot be
obtained, this field shall be blank.
octets 41-48: Contains the value of jmJobIndex associated with the
job. Leading zeros shall be inserted to fill the
entire 8 octet field.
8.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to PJL
PJL does not provide a value that can be mapped to jmJobIndex.
8.3 The Attribute Group Mapped to PJL
The following mappings are required if the listed PJL attribute or command
option is provided.
Bergman [page 13]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
MIB attribute | PJL attribute or command option | Data type
----------------------+----------------------------------+--------------
jobOwner | DocOwner or DocOwnerId attribute | Octet String
serverAssignedJobName | DocName attribute or the command | Octet String
| @PJL JOB Name = "string" | Octet String
submittingServerName | SrcServerName attribute | Octet String
jobOriginatingHost | SrcPort attribute | Octet String
queueNameRequested | SrcQ attribute | Octet String
fileName | JobFName attribute | Octet String
jobComment | JobDesc attribute | Octet String
jobSubmissionTime | TimeSubmit attribute | Octet String
9.0 POSTSCRIPT
The PostScript PDL permits comment fields which can be used by application
drivers to include job information. Although there are no restrictions or
requirements as to what information may be included, many drivers include job
owner and/or document name.
9.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to PostScript
The use of a standard format job submission id comment string will allow
interoperability of printers and drivers from multiple vendors. The following
comment string format is recommended for use with PostScript level 1 and level
2 data streams.
%%JMPJobSubmissionId:(id-string)
where "id string" can be any jmJobSubmissionId format reserved for clients.
9.2 Other MIB Objects and Attributes Mapped to PostScript
No Other mappings from PostScript comment strings are recommended, but many Job
MIB objects and attributes can be defined using vendor unique comment strings.
10.0 NETWARE PSERVER
The NetWare PServer job submission protocol is implemented in a client-server-
printer system on the server to printer link as defined in configuration 3.
10.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to PServer
octet 1: 'B'
Bergman [page 14]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
octets 2-40: Contains the Directory Path Name of the agent as
recorded by the Novell File Server in the queue
directory. If the string is less than 40 octets, the
left-most character in the string shall appear in octet
position 2. Otherwise, only the last 39 bytes shall be
included. Any unused portion of this field shall be
filled with spaces.
octets 41-48: '000XXXXX' The decimal (ASCII coded) representation of
the Job Number as per the NetWare File Server Queue
Management Services.
10.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to PServer
The job index (jmJobIndex) is assigned by the SNMP job monitoring agent and is
independent of the Job Number assigned by the NetWare File Server Queue
Management Services. This will allow the SNMP agent to track jobs received
from multiple sources.
10.3 The Attribute Group Mapped to PServer
The following mappings are required if the listed PServer parameter is provided
in the Novell File Server queue directory.
MIB attribute | PServer parameter | Data type
---------------------------+-----------------------------+--------------
jobOwner | Client Id Number | Integer
serverAssignedJobName | Job File Name | Octet String
queueNameRequested | Queue Id | Integer
physicalDevice | Server Id Number | Integer
jobComment | Job Description | Octet String
jobPriority | (note 1) | Integer
jobProcessAfterDateAndTime | Target Execution Time | Octet String
jobCopiesRequested | Number of Copies | Integer
mediumRequested | Form Name | Octet String
jobSubmittedToServerTime | Job Entry Time | Octet String
Notes:
------
1. The job priority is determined by the priority assigned to the queue
that contains the job. Each queue can be assigned a unique priority
and the priority of the job is inherited from the queue.
11.0 NETWARE NPRINTER or RPRINTER
The NetWare NPrinter/RPrinter protocol was designed to transfer print data from
a Novell File Server to a printer attached directly to a local port (e.g.
parallel or serial) on a PC. NPrinter/RPrinter is an extremely lightweight
Bergman [page 15]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
printing protocol. Consequently, no information required by the Job Monitoring
MIB is provided and a meaningful jmJobSubmissionId cannot be generated.
It is recommended that an additional job submission layer, such as PJL or
another vendor private protocol, be included on top of NPrinter/RPrinter to
provide the required information. The mapping should then be performed
according to the recommendations of the higher layer submission protocol.
12.0 SERVER MESSAGE BLOCK (SMB) PROTOCOL
The Server Message Block protocol is used with several PC Network operating
systems, such as Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, IBM LAN Server, and Artisoft
Lantastic. SMB systems supporting the Job Monitoring MIB will conform to
either configuration 1 or 3.
12.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to SMB
octet 1: 'C'
octets 2-40: Contains a decimal (ASCII coded) representation of the
16 bit SMB Tree Id field, which uniquely identifies the
connection that submitted the job to the printer. The
most significant digit of the numeric string shall be
placed in octet position 2. All unused portions of this
field shall be filled with spaces. The SMB Tree Id has
a maximum value of 65,535.
octets 41-48: Contains a decimal (ASCII coded) representation of the
File Handle returned from the printer agent to the
client in response to a Create Print File command.
Leading zeros shall be inserted to fill the entire 8
octet field.
12.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to SMB
It is strongly recommended that the File Handle returned from the printer agent
be identical to jmJobIndex. If these items are identical, there is no need
for the client application to perform a search on jmJobSubmissionId. To be
compatible with the 16 bit field allocated to this value by SMB, the maximum
jmJobIndex is 65,535.
12.3 Other MIB objects Mapped to SMB
MIB Object | SMB Parameter
----------------+------------------------------------------------
jmJobOwner | SMB User Id field (note 1)
Bergman [page 16]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
Notes:
------
1. A decimal (ASCII coded) representation of the SMB User Id numeric
shall be presented as jmJobOwner.
13.0 TRANSPORT INDEPENDENT PRINTER/SYSTEM INTERFACE (TIP/SI)
The TIP/SI protocol, although currently specified as a part of the IEEE 1284
parallel port standards [TIP/SI], was originally developed as a network
protocol. TIP/SI thus has the potential of being integrated into any network
or non-network configuration.
13.1 jmJobSubmissionId Mapped to TIP/SI
octet 1: 'D'
octets 2-40: Contains the Job Name from the Job Control-Start Job
(JC-SJ) command. If the Job Name portion is less than
40 octets, the left-most character in the string shall
appear in octet position 2. Any unused portion of this
field shall be filled with spaces. Otherwise, only the
last 39 bytes shall be included.
octets 41-48: Contains a decimal (ASCII coded) representation of the
jmJobIndex assigned by the agent. Leading zeros shall
be inserted to fill the entire 8 octet field.
13.2 jmJobIndex Mapped to TIP/SI
jmJobIndex is returned to the client as the Printer Assigned Job Id in a Job
Control-Start Job (JC-SJ) response packet. To be compatible with the 16 bit
field allocated to this value by TIP/SI, the maximum jmJobIndex is 65,535.
13.3 Other MIB Objects Mapped to TIP/SI
MIB Object | TIP/SI Parameter
-----------------------+------------------------------------------------
jmJobOwner | User string
13.4 The Attribute Group Mapped to TIP/SI
MIB attribute | TIP/SI information | Data type
----------------------+---------------------------------+--------------
jobName | Job Name string | Octet String
jobComment | Additional Information string | Octet String
Bergman [page 17]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
14.0 REFERENCES
[IPP] The Internet Printing Protocol RFC XXXX, Model RFC XXXX
[JobMIB] The Job Monitoring MIB, RFC XXXX, IETF informational document.
[LPD] Line Printer Daemon Protocol, RFC 1179, IETF informational document.
[PJL] Printer Job Language Technical Reference Manual, Hewlett-Packard part
number 5021-0328.
[PrtMIB] The Printer MIB, RFC 1759, IETF standards track document.
[TIP/SI] IEEE Standard 1284.1, Transport Independent Printer/System Interface.
15.0 AUTHORS
This document was created with significant contributions from the following
individuals.
Ron Bergman (Editor)
Dataproducts Corp.
1757 Tapo Canyon Road
Simi Valley, CA 93063-3394
Phone: 805-578-4421
Fax: 805-578-4001
Email: rbergman@dpc.com
Tom Hastings
Xerox Corporation, ESAE-231
701 S. Aviation Blvd.
El Segundo, CA 90245
Phone: 310-333-6413
Fax: 310-333-5514
EMail: hastings@cp10.es.xerox.com
Scott A. Isaacson
Novell, Inc.
122 E 1700 S
Provo, UT 84606
Phone: 801-861-7366
Fax: 801-861-4025
EMail: scott_isaacson@novell.com
Bergman [page 18]
Job Submission Protocol Mapping Recommendations Jan 12, 1998
Harry Lewis
IBM Corporation
6300 Diagonal Hwy
Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: (303) 924-5337
Fax: (303) 924-4662
Email: harryl@us.ibm.com
Bob Pentecost
Hewlett-Packard Corporation
11311 Chinden Boulevard
Boise, ID 83714
Phone: (208) 396-3312
Fax: (208) 396-4122
Email: bpenteco@boi.hp.com
Send comments to the printmib WG using the Job Monitoring Project
(JMP) Mailing List: jmp@pwg.org
For further information, access the PWG web page under "JMP":
http://www.pwg.org/
Other Participants:
Chuck Adams - Tektronix
Keith Carter - IBM Corporation
Angelo Caruso - Xerox
Jeff Copeland - QMS
Andy Davidson - Tektronix
Mabry Dozier - QMS
Lee Ferrel - Canon
David Kellerman - Northlake Software
Rick Landau - Digital
Jay Martin - Underscore
Ira McDonald - Xerox
Stuart Rowley - Kyocera
Bob Setterbo - Adobe
Gail Songer - EFI
Mike Timperman - Lexmark
William Wagner - DPI/Osicom
Chris Wellens - Interworking Labs
Rob Whittle - Novell
Don Wright - Lexmark
Lloyd Young - Lexmark
Bergman [page 19]
