OP Monthly US|Europe Minutes

OP Monthly US|Europe Minutes - 7 January 2014

Meeting called to order by Ira McDonald at 1pm US Eastern 7 January 2014. Minutes taken by Ira McDonald. Recording of this conference call will be archived at:

    http://www.openprinting.org/download/meetingnotes/op-telecons/
      OP-Meeting-20140107.mp3

Attendees

Till Kamppeter (Canonical) - Open Printing Manager
Ira McDonald (High North) - Open Printing Chair

Agenda

(0) News (Ira/Till)

- USB-IF IPP over USB Rev 1.0 - December 2012 (Ira)
  - http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/IPP.zip

  - protocol extension to existing USB Printer Class
    - IPP USB interface class, subclass, and protocol
    - Interface descriptor extensions
    - Device Info Descriptor, new class-specific descriptor

  - Till - is a new USB driver required for the OS?
    - Ira - possibly for new USB Print Class protocol level 4 (IPP)

  - Till - is there work on this in Linux Kernel?

- ACTION - Ira - check w/ Mike Sweet and Jeff Licquia about IPP over USB
  in Linux Kernel

(1) *** 2014 Joint PWG / Open Printing Summit *** (Ira)

- Joint PWG/OPS at Cupertino, CA (hosted by Apple) - 13-16 May 2014
  - http://www.pwg.org/chair/meeting-info/meetings.html
  - *** Add to your calendar ***

- ACTION - Ira and Till - Reach out to OP Japan, other OP members,
  and speakers to attend 2014 Open Printing Summit *in person*
  - ONGOING - 7 January sent note OP Japan and OP Summit mailing lists

- ACTION - Ira - Propose a list of OPS topics (from 2013 agenda)
  - DONE - 7 January

- OP Summit topics from 2013
  - OP Plenary
  - CUPS Plenary
  - OP - Print Clients
  -- CUPS filters
  -- GNOME printing
  -- Mobile printing
  - OP - Color Management
  - OP - Ghostscript
  - OP - Print Drivers

(2) LF Collaboration Summit in Napa Valley, CA - 26-28 March 2014 (Till)
http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit

- Jeff Licquia confirmed OP will be in LSB track on 19 December 2013

- OP topics for LSB discussion?
  - clarify IPP Everywhere conformance requirements
  - describe future IPP FaxOut and IPP Scan

- ACTION - Ira - send comments on Till's list to Jeff of LSB topics

(3) Common Mobile Print Client (Till)

- No update

- ACTION - Ira - Reach out to Tak Shiozaki (Epson) to participate in OP

(4) WS-Discovery Tool for IPP Everywhere Self-Certification (Ira)

- PWG is developing web-based IPP Everywhere Self-Certification for
  availability to manufacturers in Q1 2014

- ACTION - Ira - resume dialogue w/ Daniel Dressler

- Manufacturer will run test suites and send results to PWG via web page
  - PWG auditors will verify test results
  - Manufacturer will receive confirmation of success and PWG Logo to
    use on packages and products

- IPP Everywhere Test Tools for PWG Conformance
  - ipptool - for IPP Everywhere print protocol
    - Tool runs on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows
  - ippfind - for IPP Everywhere Bonjour printer discovery
    - Tool runs on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows
  - TBD - for IPP Everywhere WS-Discovery printer discovery
    - Tool should run on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows

- IPP Everywhere WS-Discovery Test Tool
  - Daniel Dressler has volunteered to be implementor
  - Ira McDonald has volunteered to be mentor
  - Initial plan is to use gsoap toolkit
    - Tool should run on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows
    - Design work to start in December 2013

(5) CUPS Filters (Till)

- Missing CUPS filter (Till)
  - pwgtopdf (converts PWG Raster to PDF) - for PDF workflow
  - possible GSoC 2014 project
    - how large is this task?

(6) Google Summer of Code 2014 (Till)
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/events/google/gsoc2014

- ACTION - All - suggest GSoC 2014 project ideas

- GSoC 2014 Schedule
  - NOTE - mentor schedule MOVED much earlier!

  - 3-14 February - mentoring organizations apply

  - 24 February - GSoC approves mentoring organizations
  - Interim - students discuss project ideas w/ mentoring organizations

  - 10-21 March - students apply

  - Interim - mentoring organizations review and rank student proposals

  - 7 April - mentoring organizations request slots in Melange profile

  - 21 April - GSoC approves students with assigned projects/mentors

  - Interim - students get to know mentors, read documentation

  - 19 May - students start coding

  - 27 June - mid-term evaluations deadline

  - 11 August - suggested 'pencils down' date

  - 18 August - final 'pencils down' date

  - 22 August - final evaluations deadline

  - 25 August - GSoC 2014 results announced

(7) Status of Google Summer of Code 2013 (Till)
http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/homepage/google/gsoc2013

- GSoC 2013 schedule
  - DONE - 1 October - GSoC 2013 final results were announced

- GSoC 2013 Open Printing projects
  - Foomatic RIP Filter - Anshul Kushwaha
    - CUPS only version (removed now unsupported print systems)
      - completed and integrated in CUPS Filters
    - PPD-less printing is mostly completed
      - IPP Everywhere - PWG Raster/JPEG required, PDF recommended
      - Legacy support - PostScript and PCL5

  - Color Management - Joe Simon
    - enhance CUPS for color mgmt
    - completed and integrated in CUPS packages of Debian and Ubuntu

  - OP Website - Jannes Jeising and Anton Kirilenko
    - usability extensions
    - completed and waiting for integration into OP website

(8) PWG News (Ira)

- IPP FaxOut Service - PWG Candidate Standard
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/candidates/
    cs-ippfaxout10-20131115-5100.15.pdf
  - PWG 5100.15 on 15 November 2013

- IPP Transaction-Based Printing Extensions - PWG Candidate Standard
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/candidates/
    cs-ipptrans10-20131108-5100.16.pdf
  - PWG 5100.16 on 8 November 2013

- IPP Scan Service - Interim draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippscan10-201301230.pdf
    - PWG review upcoming on 13 January 2014

- IPP Shared Infrastructure Extensions - Prototype draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippsix10-20131209-rev.pdf
    - Cloud Print extensions for IPP Everywhere Proxy
    - waiting for prototype reports

- IPP Implementors Guide v2.0 - Interim draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippig20-20131002-rev.pdf
   - PWG reviewed on 16 December 2013

- IPP Finishings 2.0
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ipp/wd/wd-ippfinishings20-20130814.pdf
   - PWG reviewed on 7 October 2013

- HCD Health Assessment TNC Binding - Prototype draft
  - ftp://ftp.pwg.org/pub/pwg/ids/wd/wd-idstnc10-20130910.pdf
   - PWG reviewed on 23 October 2013

(8) Upcoming Standards Conferences (Ira)

- PWG Meeting at Irvine, CA (hosted by Samsung) - 4-6 February 2014
  - http://www.pwg.org/chair/meeting-info/february_2014_irvine.html

- Trusted Computing Group in Salt Lake City, UT - 10-14 February 2014
  - http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/

- Joint PWG/OPS at Cupertino, CA (hosted by Apple) - 13-16 May 2014
  - http://www.pwg.org/chair/meeting-info/meetings.html
  - *** Add to your calendar ***

- Trusted Computing Group in Barcelona, Spain - 23-27 June 2014
  - http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/

Open Action Items

See 'ACTION' above

Next OP US/Europe Conference Calls

(1) February 2014 - US/Europe - OP Monthly Meeting

    - Note - PWG Meeting in Irvine, CA - 4-6 February 2014
    - Note - TCG Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT - 10-14 February 2014

    - NEW DAY & TIME
    - Tuesday 18 February 2014, Daytime
      - US
        10am in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
        11am in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
        12pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        1pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
      - Europe
        7pm in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-619-326-2730 (new number)

(2) March 2014 - US/Europe - OP Monthly Meeting (tentative)

    - NEW DAY & TIME
    - Tuesday 4 March 2014, Daytime
      - US
        10am in San Francisco - US PST (Pacific Standard Time)
        11am in Colorado - US MST (Mountain Standard Time)
        12pm in Chicago - US CST (Central Standard Time)
        1pm in New York - US EST (Eastern Standard Time)
      - Europe
        7pm in Berlin - CET (Central European Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-619-326-2730 (new number)

(3) April 2014 - US/Europe - OP Monthly Meeting (tentative)

    - Note - US Daylight time starts on 9 March 2014
    - Note - European Summer time starts on 30 March 2014

    - NEW DAY & TIME
    - Tuesday 1 April 2014, Daytime
      - US
        10am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        11am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        12pm in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        1pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        7pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-619-326-2730 (new number)

(4) April 2014 - US/Europe - OP Summit Preparation (tentative)

    - NEW DAY & TIME
    - Tuesday 15 April 2014, Daytime
      - US
        10am in San Francisco - US PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
        11am in Colorado - US MDT (Mountain Daylight Time)
        12pm in Chicago - US CDT (Central Daylight Time)
        1pm in New York - US EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
      - Europe
        7pm in Berlin - CEST (Central European Summer Time)

    * Main Number (Till Kamppeter, LF, leader)
      International: +1-619-326-2730 (new number)