Internet Print Protocol and Internet Fax BOF (ipp2ifax) Tuesday, March 16 at 0900-1000 ============================== Chair: Richard Shockey DESCRIPTION: The Internet Print Protocol [IPP] has been developed within the IETF to facilitate the remote printing of documents over the Internet. At a sufficient level of abstraction FAX on the General Switched Telephone Network [GSTN] could also be considered a remote printing or document transfer technology. The purpose of the work group will be to investigate and document those elements of IPP that qualify as a facsimile service. A goal of the WG will be to note the legal as well as general custom and practice of GSTN FAX, apply those principals to IPP transactions and define IPP Attribute Extensions where necessary to more closely perform the functions of facsimile. Current work within the IETF's Internet Fax Working Group has centered on using Internet Mail standards in a Store and Forward mode. Considerable evidence exists that there is a need for protocols that more closely approximate the real-time and point to point model of traditional GSTN FAX. Traditional GSTN FAX is limited to the type and quality of output. IETF Internet Fax standards are also limited to a specific set of MIME Content-Types specified in RFC 2301. IPP has no such restrictions on the quality of document to be printed or displayed. The work group will consider attribute extensions and behavioral practice elements to IPP that would permit IPP to interoperate with other facsimile services such as RFC2305 [Fax over SMTP] and traditional T.30 fax on the GSTN. The WG will attempt to avoid any revisions to the current Internet Print Protocol specifications but will attempt to use IPP Attribute Extensions to facilitate interoperability with GSTN FAX and RFC2305. The WG will not propose any revisions or extensions to IETF Internet Fax standards [RFC2305] and its successors. The group will take note of other areas within the IETF that may have direct bearing on IPP and FAX interworking. Relevant areas include: - Security, Authentication and Encryption (SSL3 - TLS) - Sender Identification (vCard) - RFC2301 File Formats for interoperability with other facsimile services The working group will take note of service quality issues. The working group will coordinate its activities with the Internet Print Protocol working group [IPP] and the Internet Fax working group [FAX] as well other facsimile-related standards bodies and related work groups, notably the ITU-T Study Group 8. Goals and Milestones: MAY1999: Submit Internet Draft of Goals and Requirements for the use of the Internet Print Protocol as a Facsimile Service JUNE 1999: Submit Internet Draft for IPP Behavior as a Facsimile Service AUGUST 1999: Submit Internet Draft of facsimile gateway services between IPP, SMTP and GSTN Facsimile