Service Location Working Group                              Mikael Pahmp
INTERNET DRAFT                                       Axis Communications

2 December 1998

   Definition of printer:raw-tcp:  URLs for use with Service Location
             draft-ietf-svrloc-rawtcp-printer-scheme-00.txt


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Abstract

   This document defines the raw-tcp service type which is a concrete
   service type of the abstract printer service type defined in [1].

   This template is designed to be used in conjuction with the Service
   Location Protocol, version 2 defined in [2].











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                                Contents


Status of This Memo                                                    i

Abstract                                                               i

 1. Introduction                                                       1

 2. Raw TCP printing                                                   1
     2.1. Service Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .    1

 3. Printer Service Template                                           2

 A. References                                                         3


1. Introduction

   Service Type templates are used to describe in a standard way those
   services which use the service: URL. The template described in this
   document extends the abstract service type described in [1], called
   printer, with another concrete printer type, called raw-tcp.


2. Raw TCP printing

   Printing using TCP for transparent communication between a client
   and a print service is common today. How print data, status,
   messages, etc is formatted when exchanged across the TCP connection
   varies. It is up to the printing client to determine how data should
   be formatted and interpreted. This may be determined based on the
   information available in the service attributes.

2.1. Service Attributes

   Attributes of the Raw TCP printing service includes those
   defined in [1]. The following additional semantics applies.

     The 'concrete-protocols' attribute value should always be 'tcp'.

     The 'abstract-protocols' attribute is optional in [1] and should
     not be advertised with the Raw TCP printing service since data
     exchanged across the TCP connection isn't defined by the service.

   A new optional attribute 'device-id' is defined for the Raw TCP
   printing service. This attribute is the Device ID string defined in
   IEEE 1284 [3] which may be used to uniqely identify a printer and
   match it with a software driver on the printing client.



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3. Printer Service Template

   The service template defined below, conforms to the grammar
   described in "Service Templates and service:  Schemes".  Please refer
   to [4] for detailed explaination of the syntax.

   Name of submitter: Mikael Pahmp
   Language of service template: en
   Security Considerations:
     This service neither adds nor detracts from the security of the
     opaque data stream itself. The service could be used to obfuscate
     or lie about the service endpoint's characteristics if SLP
     authentication blocks are not used.
   Template Text:
   -------------------------template begins here-----------------------
   template-type=service:printer:raw-tcp:

   template-version=0.0

   template-description=
     The printer:raw-tcp: URL describes a transparent bidirectional
     communication channel for printing. Print data, status, messages,
     etc is written or read by opening a TCP connection to the port in
     the service URL. How data is formatted and sent across the
     connection is decided by the printing client and the print service
     and is not defined in this document.

   template-url-syntax=
     url-path     = ;

   concrete-protocols = STRING L M
   # The names of the concrete protocol types supported
   # by the printer abstract service type.  Example values
   # include http and lpr.
   # Is always 'tcp' for this concrete service.

   abstract-protocol = STRING L O
   # The name of the abstract protocol which may be run over
   # any concrete types listed.  For example, the abstract
   # protocol 'ipp' may be run over the concrete types of http
   # or 'mailto'.
   # Should not be advertised with this concrete service.

   device-id= STRING L O
   # The Device ID string defined in IEEE 1284 which uniqely identifies
   # a printer type and model.

   --------------------------template ends here------------------------




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   Note: The 'concrete-protocols' and 'abstract-protocol' attributes is
   defined in [1] but is given a more narrow definition here when used
   with the Raw TCP printing service. The 'device-id' attribute is a new
   attribute defined for this concrete service type.



A. References


    [1]P. St. Pierre, S. Isaccson.  "Definition of printer:  URLs for
    use with Service Location", Work in Progress, March 1998.

    [2]E. Guttman, C. Perkins, J. Veizades and M. Day.  "Service
    Location Protocol, Version 2", Work in Progress, November 1998.

    [3] "IEEE Std.1284-1994 Standard Signaling Method for a
    Bi-directional Parallel Peripheral Interface for Personal
    Computers", 1994.

    [4]E. Guttman, C. Perkins, J. Kempf, "Service Templates and service:
    Schemes", Work in Progress, November, 1998





























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Authors' Address

   Questions about this memo can be directed to:

   Mikael Pahmp
   Axis Communications
   Scheelev. 16
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   email: Mikael.Pahmp@axis.com






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