OP Conference Call Minutes - 14 September 2009

Open Printing Conference Call Minutes

Meeting called to order by Ira McDonald at 7pm US EDT 14 September 2009. Minutes taken by Ira McDonald.
Recording of this conference call will be archived at:

    http://www.openprinting.org/download/meetingnotes/op-telecons/
      OP-Meeting-20090914.mp3

Attendees

Agenda

(1) OP Japan Report - Meeting on 28 August 2009 - Toratani-san

    - See translated minutes already posted to OP Architecture
    - Meeting reviewed features of CPD - Toratani-san
      - Downloaded GTK+ source code and demonstrated CPD
    - Schedule for patching major applications? - Toratani-san
      - Not sure about schedule - Ira
      - Possible funding for Lars for Toolkit and Application patches
    - Features - Number-Up
      - CPD preview does not show N-Up correctly - Toratani-san
      - CPD handles via CUPS N-Up with layout options - Till
        - Should be in both pdftopdf and pstopdf filter
      - Ambiguity about Printer capability for hardware N-Up - George
    - Status of Vector API 1.0? - Toratani-san
      - Need to complete approval process
    - ACTION - Ira
      - Check on Vector API document status

(2) 3-day Tutorial for Printer Manufacturers in Japan - Till

    - Proposal by Till within Linux Foundation at present
      - no approach to manufacturers yet
    - Tutorial Topics
      - Driver design
      - Driver packaging for autodownload
      - Common Printing Dialog
    - Positive initial feedback - Toratani-san and Mihara-san
      - OP Japan will discuss proposal on 28 September in Tokyo
    - ACTION - OP Japan
      - feedback to Till quickly afterward, so he can prepare

(3) Foomatic XML Schema Status? - George

    - Subhankar Sett (GSoC student) wrote/updated XML Schemas - Till
    - ACTION - Till
      - send note to OP Architecture describing PPD and Driver impacts

(4) Time for US/Europe Monthly Calls? - George

    - George would prefer after 9am US Pacific time
    - ACTION - George
      - send note to Till and Ira
    - ACTION - Till and Ira
      - propose a somewhat later US/Europe Monthly time slot

(5) PWG Activity Report - Ira

    - PWG Face-to-Face - 17-20 August 2009
      - hosted by Microsoft in Redmond, WA
    - PWG Power Management Model
      ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/wims/wd/wd-wimspower10-20090908.pdf
      - complete technical review - updates reflected in above draft
    - IEEE 1284 Command Set Format
      ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/pmp/white/tb-ppm-1284-cmd-20090803.htm
      - ABNF for Printer MIB and MIME type names proposal by Ira
      - to become new free-standing PWG Candidate Standard
    - ACTION - Ira
      - send links for key PWG current specs to OP Architecture

Open Action Items

See ACTION above

Next OP Conference Calls

(1) October 2009 - Monthly - US/Europe OP Meeting

    - Note
      - Possibility of later US/Europe calls

    - Tuesday 6 October 2009, Daytime
      - US
        8am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        9am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        10am in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        11am in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        5pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-218-936-7999
      Access Code:   491659#

(2) November 2009 - Monthly - US/Europe OP Meeting - tentative

    - Note
      - European Summer Time ends Sunday 25 October 2009
      - US Daylight Time ends Sunday 1 November 2009

    - Tuesday 3 November 2009, Daytime
      - US
        8am in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
        9am in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
        10am in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        11am in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
      - Europe
        5pm in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-218-936-7999
      Access Code:   491659#

(3) December 2009 - Quarterly - Japan/US/Europe OP Meeting

    - Monday 30 November 2009, Evening
      - US
        3pm in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
        4pm in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
        5pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        6pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)

    - Tuesday 1 December 2009, Morning
      - Europe
        12am in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)
      - Japan
        8am in Tokyo - JST (Japan Standard Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-218-936-7999
      Access Code:   491659#