1. For Documents and Pages Robert Herriot, Xerox
Exception Attributes
For Documents and Pages
Robert Herriot, Xerox
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Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages

2. Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages
Overview
In IPP/1.1 an attribute affects entire Job
e.g. “finishing” affects all documents
e.g. “media” affects all sheets
With Exceptions-Extension:
some documents have exception attributes
e.g. one document is “stapled”; others are not
some pages have exception attributes
e.g. first page letterhead media; others are letter.
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3. Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages
New Concepts
Exceptions require nuances that are unneeded in IPP/1.1
Nuances include
Input versus Output Documents
Input versus Output Pages
What an attribute “affects” versus what it can be “associated” with.
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4. Input-Pages and Output-Pages
Sheet: basic unit of output
Output-Page: markings the author intended to be placed on one side of a Sheet.
Impression: markings the Job submitter intended to be placed on one side of a Sheet
Input-Page: sequence of bytes that describe how to mark a single Output-Page
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5. Input- and Output-Documents
Input-Document: all Input-Pages transmitted as the Document Content in one IPP operation, such as Send-Document.
Output-Document: one or more Sheets which either are permanently bound into a single unit, e.g. with a staple, or are intended to be treated by an end-user as a single unit, e.g. for a loose leaf binder
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6. Input- vs. Output Documents
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7. Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages
Degenerate Case
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8. Separate-Documents Case
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9. Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages
Single-Document Case
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10. Page-Subset Document Case
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11. Document-Subset Document Case
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12. Attributes that Control Cases
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13. Categories of Attributes
What an attribute “affects” based on their semantics
Input-Documents
document-format
document-name
compression
document-natural-language
page-ranges
Output-Documents
finishings
Sheets
sides
media
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14. Association of Attributes
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15. New Job Template Attributes
document-exceptions (1setof collection)
each collection identifies documents
each collection contains attribute exceptions
page-exceptions (1setof collection)
each collection identifies pages
pages-per-subset (1setOf integer)
partitions pages into Output-Documents
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16. document-exceptions, 1st form
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17. document-exceptions, 2nd form
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18. page-exceptions, 1st form
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19. page-exceptions, 2nd form
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20. Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages
pages-per-subset
Specifies number of pages per subset
A Printer treats each subset as an Output-Document
Supports “subset finishing” where pages are partitioned into subsets, each of which may be finished differently.
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21. Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages
Example 1
Use Print-Job
One Input-Document
One copy of a single Output-Document
Printed on letter-paper, except
First page of the Output-Document is on letterhead paper.
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22. Example 1: Degenerate Case
Print-Job
job attributes group
media: letter
page-exceptions:
output-documents: 1: \
pages: 1:1
media: letterhead
end-of-attributes
Input-Document A
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23. Exception Attributes for Documents and Pages
Example 2
Uses Create-Job.
Three copies of each Output-Document.
Each is stapled
Letter-paper, two-sided except
First Output-Page of each Output-Document is blue-letter paper and one-sided.
All Input-Documents are PostScript.
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24. Example 2: Separate-Documents
Create-Job
operations attributes group
document-format: application/PostScript
job attributes group
multiple-document-handling: separate-documents-collated-copies
sides: two-sided-long-edge
media: letter
copies: 3
finishings: stapling
page-exceptions:
output-documents: 1:2
pages: 1:1
sides: one-sided
media: blue-letter
end-of-attributes
Send-Document
Input-Document A
Input-Document B
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25. Example 2: Single-Document
Create-Job
operations attributes group
document-format: application/PostScript
job attributes group
multiple-document-handling: single-document
sides: two-sided-long-edge
media: letter
copies: 3
finishings: stapling
page-exceptions:
output-documents: 1: (output-documents: 1:2 is OK)
pages: 1:1
sides: one-sided
media: blue-letter
end-of-attributes
Send-Document
Input-Document A
Input-Document B
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26. Example 2: Page-Subsets
Create-Job
operations attributes group
document-format: application/PostScript
job attributes group
multiple-document-handling: separate-documents-collated-copies
pages-per-subset: 3, 5, 4, 2
sides: two-sided-long-edge
media: letter
copies: 3
finishings: stapling
page-exceptions:
output-documents: 1:7
pages: 1:1
sides: one-sided
media: blue-letter
end-of-attributes
Send-Document
Input-Document A pages, produces 3, 5,first 2 of 4 pages
Input-Document B pages, produces last 2 of 4 pages, 2,3,5, 3 or 4 requested
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Example 3
Uses Create-Job
Three copies of each Output-Document.
Each is stapled, except
2nd Output-Document is not stapled.
Letter-paper, two-sided, except
3rd and 4th pages of each Output-Document is blue-letter paper and one-sided.
All files are PostScript except
the second which is html.
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28. Example 3a: Separate-Documents
Create-Job
operations attributes group
document-format: application/PostScript
job attributes group
multiple-document-handling: separate-documents-collated-copies
sides: two-sided-long-edge
media: letter
copies: 3
finishings: stapling
document-exceptions:
output-documents: 2: (I could have used input-documents: 2:2 & merged with next)
finishings: none
input-documents: 2: next value of multi-value
document-format: text/html
page-exceptions:
output-documents: 1: (I could have used input-documents: 1:2 as well)
pages: 3:4
sides: one-sided
media: blue-letter
end-of-attributes
Send-Document
Input-Document A
Input-Document B
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29. Example 3b: Separate-Documents
Create-Job
operations attributes group
document-format: application/PostScript
job attributes group
multiple-document-handling: separate-documents-collated-copies
sides: two-sided-long-edge
media: letter
copies: 3
finishings: stapling
document-exceptions:
output-documents: 2: (I could have used input-documents: 2:2 & merged with next)
finishings: none
page-exceptions:
output-documents: 1: (I could have used input-documents: 1:2 as well)
pages: 3:4
sides: one-sided
media: blue-letter
end-of-attributes
Send-Document
Input-Document A
Operation attributes group
document-format: text/html
Input-Document B
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30. Example 3c: Separate-Documents
Create-Job
operations attributes group
document-format: application/PostScript
job attributes group
multiple-document-handling: separate-documents-collated-copies
sides: two-sided-long-edge
media: letter
copies: 3
finishings: stapling
page-exceptions:
output-documents: 1: (I could have used input-documents: 1:2 as well)
pages: 3:4
sides: one-sided
media: blue-letter
end-of-attributes
Send-Document
Input-Document A
Operation attributes group
document-exceptions:
input-documents: 2:2
document-format: text/html
finishings: none
Input-Document B
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