RFC 3995
Internet Printing Protocol (IPP): Event Notifications and Subscriptions
5.3. Subscription Template Attributes
This section contains the Subscription Template Attributes defined for the Subscription and Printer objects.
Table 1 below shows the Subscription Template Attributes and has two
columns:
- Attribute in Subscription Object: the name and attribute syntax of
each Subscription Object Attribute that is a Subscription Template
Attribute
- Default and Supported Printer Attributes: the default attribute
and supported Printer attributes that are associated with the
attribute in column 1.
The "notify-recipient-uri" attribute is for use with Push Delivery
Methods. The "notify-pull-method" attribute is for use with Pull
Delivery Methods.
For Push Delivery Methods, a Printer MUST support all attributes in
Table 1 below except for "notify-pull-method" and "notify-attributes"
(and "notify-pull-method-supported" and "notify-attributes-
supported"). For Pull Delivery Methods, a Printer MUST support all
attributes in Table 1 below except for "notify-recipient-uri" and
"notify-attributes" (and "notify-schemes-supported" and "notify-
attributes-supported"). If a Printer supports both Push and Pull
Delivery Methods, then it MUST support both "notify-recipient-uri"
and "notify-pull-method" attributes.
For Pull Delivery Methods, a client MUST supply "notify-recipient-
uri" and MAY omit any of the rest of the attributes in column 1 of
Table 1 in a Subscription Creation Request. For Push Delivery
Methods, a client MUST supply "notify-pull-method" and MAY omit any
of the rest of the attributes in column 1 of Table 1 in a
Subscription Creation Request. A client MUST NOT supply both
"notify-recipient-uri" and "notify-pull-method" attributes in the
same Subscription Creation Request.
Note: The Default and Supported Printer attributes listed in column
2 of Table 1 do not have separate sections in this specification
defining their semantics. Instead, the section for the corresponding
Subscription Object attribute (column 1 of Table 1) contains the
semantics of these Printer attributes. This approach follows the
precedence of the Job Template attributes in section 4.2 of [RFC2911]
where the corresponding "xxx-default" and "xxx-supported" Printer
attributes are defined in the same section as the "xxx" Job
attribute.
Table 1 - Subscription Template Attributes
Attribute in Subscription Default and Supported Printer
Object Attributes
notify-recipient-uri (uri) * notify-schemes-supported (1setOf
uriScheme)
notify-pull-method (type2 notify-pull-method-supported (1setOf
keyword) ** type2 keyword)
notify-events (1setOf type2 notify-events-default (1setOf type2
keyword) keyword)
notify-events-supported (1setOf type2
keyword)
notify-max-events-supported
(integer(2:MAX))
notify-attributes (1setOf notify-attributes-supported (1setOf
type2 keyword) type2 keyword)
notify-user-data
(octetString(63))
notify-charset (charset) charset-supported (1setOf charset)
notify-natural-language generated-natural-language-supported
(naturalLanguage) (1setOf naturalLanguage)
notify-lease-duration notify-lease-duration-default
(integer(0:MAX)) (integer(0:67108863))
notify-lease-duration-supported
(1setOf (integer(0: 67108863) |
rangeOfInteger(0:67108863)))
notify-time-interval
(integer(0:MAX))
* "notify-recipient-uri" is for Push Delivery Methods only.
** "notify-pull-method" is for Pull Delivery Methods only.
5.3.1. notify-recipient-uri (uri)
This attribute's value is a URL, which is a special case of a URI.
Its value consists of a scheme and an address. The address specifies
the Notification Recipient and the scheme specifies the Push Delivery
Method for each Event Notification associated with this Subscription
Object.
If a Printer supports any Push Delivery Methods, a Printer MUST
support this attribute and return the value as supplied by the client
(no case conversion or other canonicalization) in any operation
response that includes this attribute.
For a Push Delivery Method, a client MUST supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation Operation. Thus there is no need for a default Printer attribute. The URI scheme of the value of this attribute on a Subscription object MUST be a value of the "notify-schemes-supported (1setOf uriScheme)" Printer attribute (see section 5.3.1.1). Note: According to [RFC2396] the ":" terminates the scheme and so is not part of the scheme. Therefore, values of the "notify-schemes-supported" Printer attribute do not include the ":" character. If the client supplies an unsupported scheme in the value of this attribute, then the Printer MUST NOT create the Subscription Object and MUST return the "notify-status-code" attribute with the 'client- error-uri-scheme-not-supported' value in the Subscription Attributes Group in the response.5.3.1.1. notify-schemes-supported (1setOf uriScheme)
This attribute contains the URI schemes supported in the "notify- recipient-uri" Subscription Template attribute. See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx-supported" Subscription Template Printer attributes.5.3.2. notify-pull-method (type2 keyword)
This attribute's value is a type2 keyword indicating which Pull Delivery Method is to be used. Since a Printer MUST support the 'ippget' Pull Delivery Method [RFC3996] (see section 15), a Printer MUST support this attribute and return the value as supplied by the client in any operation response that includes this attribute. For a Pull Delivery Method, a client MUST supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation Operation. Thus there is no need for a default Printer attribute. The keyword value of this attribute on a Subscription object MUST be a value of the "notify-pull-method-supported (1setOf type2 keyword)" Printer attribute. If the client supplies an unsupported method in the value of this attribute, then the Printer MUST NOT create the Subscription Object and MUST return the "notify-status-code" attribute with the 'client- error-attributes-or-values-not-supported' value in the Subscription Attributes Group in the response.
5.3.2.1. notify-pull-method-supported (1setOf type2 keyword)
See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx-supported" Subscription Template Printer attributes.5.3.3. notify-events (1setOf type2 keyword)
This attribute contains a set of Subscribed Events. When an Event occurs and it "matches" a value of this attribute, the Printer delivers an Event Notification using information in the Subscription Object. The details of "matching" are described subsection 5.3.3.5. A Printer MUST support this attribute. A client MAY supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation Operation. If the client does not supply this attribute in Subscription Creation Operation, the Printer MUST populate this attribute on the Subscription Object with its "notify-events-default" attribute value. Each keyword value of this attribute on a Subscription Object MUST be a value of the "notify-events-supported (1setOf type2 keyword)" Printer attribute. The number of values of this attribute MUST NOT exceed the value of the "notify-max-events-supported" attribute. A Printer MUST support at least 2 values per Subscription Object. If the number of values supplied by a client in a Subscription Creation Operation exceeds the value of this attribute, the Printer MUST treat extra values as unsupported values and MUST use the value of 'successful-ok-too- many-events' for the "notify-status-code" attribute in the Subscription Attributes Group of the response.5.3.3.1. notify-events-default (1setOf type2 keyword)
See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx-default" Subscription Template Printer attributes.5.3.3.2. notify-events-supported (1setOf type2 keyword)
See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx-supported" Subscription Template Printer attributes.
5.3.3.3. notify-max-events-supported (integer(2:MAX))
This attribute specified the maximum number of events that the Printer supports for the "notify-events" Subscription Template attribute. See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx- supported" Subscription Template Printer attributes.5.3.3.4. Standard Values for Subscribed Events
Each value of this attribute is a keyword and it specifies a Subscribed Event that represents certain changes. Some keywords represent a subset of changes of another keyword, e.g., 'job- completed' is an Event value which is a sub-value of 'job-state- change'. See section 5.3.3.5 for the case where this attribute contains both a value and a sub-value. The values in this section are divided into three categories: No Events, Job Events and Printer Events. A Printer MUST support the Events indicated as "REQUIRED" and MAY support the Events indicated as "OPTIONAL".5.3.3.4.1. No Events
The standard and only keyword value for No Events is: 'none': REQUIRED - no Event Notifications for any Events. As the sole value of "notify-events-supported", this value means that the Printer does not support the delivery of Event Notifications. As the sole value of "notify-events-default", this value means that a client MUST specify the "notify-events" attribute in order for a Subscription Creation Operation to succeed. If the Printer receives this value as the sole value of a Subscription Creation Operation, it does not create a Subscription Object. If a Printer receives this value with other values of a Subscription Creation Operation, the Printer MUST treat this value as an unsupported value.5.3.3.4.2. Subscribed Printer Events
The standard keyword values for Subscribed Printer Events are: 'printer-state-changed': REQUIRED - the Printer changed state from any state to any other state. Specifically, the value of the Printer's "printer-state", "printer-state-reasons" or "printer- is-accepting-jobs" attributes changed.
This Subscribed Event value has the following sub-values:
'printer-restarted' and 'printer-shutdown'. A client can listen
for any of these sub-values if it doesn't want to listen to all
printer-state changes:
'printer-restarted': OPTIONAL - when the printer is powered
up.
'printer-shutdown': OPTIONAL - when the device is being
powered down.
'printer-stopped: REQUIRED - when the printer stops printing,
i.e., the value of the "printer-state" Printer attribute
becomes 'stopped'.
'printer-config-changed': OPTIONAL - when the configuration of a
Printer has changed, i.e., the value of the "printer-message-
from-operator" or any "configuration" Printer attribute has
changed. A "configuration" Printer attribute is an attribute
which can change value because of some human interaction either
direct or indirect, and which is not covered by one of the other
Events in this section. Examples of "configuration" Printer
attributes are any of the Job Template attributes, such as "xxx-
supported", "xxx-ready" and "xxx-default". The client has to
perform a Get-Printer-Attributes to find out the new values of
these changed attributes. This Event is useful for GUI clients
and drivers to update the available printer capabilities to the
user.
This Event value has the following sub-values: 'printer-media-
changed' and 'printer-finishings-changed'. A client can listen
for any of these sub-values if it doesn't want to listen to all
printer-configuration changes:
'printer-media-changed': OPTIONAL - when the media loaded on
a printer has been changed, i.e., the "media-ready"
attribute has changed. This Event includes two cases: an
input tray that goes empty and an input tray that receives
additional media of the same type or of a different type.
The client must check the "media-ready" Printer attribute
(see [RFC2911] section 4.2.11) separately to find out what
changed.
'printer-finishings-changed': OPTIONAL - when the finisher on
a printer has been changed, i.e., the "finishings-ready"
attribute has changed. This Event includes two cases: a
finisher that goes empty and a finisher that is refilled
(even if it is not full). The client must check the
"finishings-ready" Printer attribute separately to find out
what changed.
'printer-queue-order-changed': OPTIONAL - the order of jobs in the
Printer's queue has changed, so that an application that is
monitoring the queue can perform a Get-Jobs operation to determine
the new order. This Event does not include when a job enters the
queue (the 'job-created' Event covers that) and does not include
when a job leaves the queue (the 'job-completed' Event covers
that).
5.3.3.4.3. Subscribed Job Events
The standard keyword values for Subscribed Job Events are:
'job-state-changed': REQUIRED - the job has changed from any state
to any other state. Specifically, the Printer delivers this Event
whenever the value of the "job-state" attribute or "job-state-
reasons" attribute changes. When a Job is removed from the Job
Retention or Job History phases (see [RFC2911] section 4.3.7.1),
no Event is generated.
This Event value has the following sub-values: 'job-created',
'job-completed' and 'job-stopped'. A client can listen for any of
these sub-values if it doesn't want to listen to all 'job-state
changes'.
'job-created': REQUIRED - the Printer has accepted a Job
Creation operation, a Restart-Job operation [RFC2911], or any
job operation that creates a Job object from an existing Job
object. The Printer populates the job's "time-at-creation"
attribute value (see [RFC2911] section 4.3.14.1). The Printer
puts the job in the 'pending', 'pending-held' or 'processing'
states.
'job-completed': REQUIRED - the job has reached one of the
completed states, i.e., the value of the job's "job-state"
attribute has changed to: 'completed', 'aborted', or
'canceled'. The Job's "time-at-completed" and "date-time-at-
completed" (if supported) attributes are set (see [RFC2911]
section 4.3.14). When a Job completes, a Notification
Recipient MAY query the Job using the Get-Job-Attributes
operation. To allow such a query, the Printer retains the Job
in the Job Retention and/or the Job History phases (see
[RFC2911] section 4.3.7.1) for a suitable amount of time that
depends on implementation and the Delivery Methods supported.
The Printer also delivers this Event when a Job is removed with
the Purge-Job operation (see [RFC2911] section 3.2.9). In this
case, the Event Notification MUST report the 'job-state' as
'canceled' and the Job object is no longer present for query.
'job-stopped: OPTIONAL - when the job stops printing, i.e.,
the value of the "job-state" Job attribute becomes
'processing-stopped'.
'job-config-changed': OPTIONAL - when the configuration of a job has
changed, i.e., the value of the "job-message-from-operator" or any
of the "configuration" Job attributes have changed. A
"configuration" Job attribute is an attribute that can change
value because of some human interaction either direct or indirect.
Examples of "configuration" Job attributes are any of the job
template attributes and the "job-name" attribute. The client
performs a Get-Job-Attributes to find out the new values of the
changed attributes. This Event is useful for GUI clients and
drivers to update the job information to the user.
'job-progress': OPTIONAL - when the Printer has completed Printing a
sheet. See the separate [RFC3381] specification for additional
attributes that a Printer MAY deliver in an Event Notification
caused by this Event. The "notify-time-interval" attribute
affects this Event by causing the Printer NOT to deliver an Event
Notification every time a 'job-progress' Events occurs. See
section 5.3.9 for full details.
5.3.3.5. Rules for Matching of Subscribed Events
When an Event occurs, the Printer MUST find each Subscription object
whose "notify-events" attribute "matches" the Event. The rules for
"matching" of Subscribed Events are described separately for Printer
Events and for Job Events. This section also describes some special
cases.
5.3.3.5.1. Rules for Matching of Printer Events
Given that the Printer causes Printer Event E to occur, for each
Per-Job or Per-Printer Subscription S in the Printer, if E equals a
value of this attribute in S or E is a sub-value of a value of this
attribute in S, the Printer MUST generate an Event Notification.
Consider the example. There are three Subscription Objects each with
the Subscribed Printer Event 'printer-state-changed'. Subscription
Object A is a Per-Printer Subscription Object. Subscription Object B
is a Per-Job Subscription Object for Job 1, and Subscription Object C
is a Per-Job Subscription Object for Job 2. When the Printer enters
the 'stopped' state, the Printer delivers an Event Notification to
the Notification Recipients of Subscription Objects A, B, and C
because this is a Printer Event. Note if Job 1 has already completed, the Printer would not deliver an Event Notification for its Subscription Object, even if Job 1 is retained in the Job Retention and/or the Job History phases (see [RFC2911] section 4.3.7.1).5.3.3.5.2. Rules for Matching of Job Events
Given that Job J causes Job Event E to occur: 1. For each Per-Printer Subscription S in the Printer, if E equals a value of this attribute in S or E is a sub-value of a value of this attribute in S, the Printer MUST generate an Event Notification. 2. For each Per-Job Subscription S associated with Job J, if E equals a value of this attribute in S or E is a sub-value of a value of this attribute in S, the Printer MUST generate an Event Notification. 3. For each Per-Job Subscription S that is NOT associated Job J, if E equals a value of this attribute in S or E is a sub-value of a value of this attribute in, the Printer MUST NOT generate an Event Notification from S. Consider the example: There are three Subscription Objects listening for the Job Event 'job-completed'. Subscription Object A is a Per- Printer Subscription Object. Subscription Object B is a Per-Job Subscription Object for Job 1, and Subscription Object C is a Per-Job Subscription Object for Job 2. In addition, Per-Printer Subscription Object D is listening for the Job Event 'job-state-changed'. When Job 1 completes, the Printer delivers an Event Notification to the Notification Recipient of Subscription Object A (because it is Per- Printer) and Subscription Object B because it is a Per-Job Subscription Object associated with the Job generating the Event. The Printer also delivers an Event Notification to the Notification Recipient of Subscription Object D because 'job-completed' is a sub- value of 'job-state-changed' - the value that Subscription Object D is listening for. The Printer does not deliver an Event Notification to the Notification Recipients of Subscription Object C because it is a Per-Job Subscription Object associated with some Job other than the Job generating the Event.5.3.3.5.3. Special Cases for Matching Rules
This section contains two rules for the special case where a single Event produces multiple Event Notifications destined for the same Notification Recipient. These two rules clarify whether a Printer
should send multiple Event Notifications or consolidate them into a single Event Notification. If an Event matches Subscribed Events in two different Subscription Objects and the Printer would deliver two identical Event Notifications (except for the "notify-subscription-id" attribute) to the same Notification Recipient using the same Delivery Method, the Printer MUST deliver both Event Notifications. That is, the Printer MUST NOT try to consolidate seemingly identical Event Notifications that occur in separate Subscription objects. Incidentally, the Printer MUST NOT reject Subscription Creation Operations that would create this scenario. Consider the example: At the time a Job completes, there are two Per-Printer Subscription Objects A and B with the same Notification Recipient R. Subscription Object A has the Subscribed Job Event 'job-state-changed'. Subscription Object B has the Subscribed Job Event 'job-completed'. Both Subscription Objects match the Event 'job-completed'. The Printer delivers two Event Notifications to the Notification Recipient R. One with the value of 'job-state-changed' for the "notify-subscribed-event" attribute and the other with the value of 'job-completed' for the "notify-subscribed-event" attribute. If an Event matches two Subscribed Events in a single Subscription object (e.g., a value and its sub-value), a Printer MAY deliver one Event Notification for each matched value in the Subscription Object or it MAY deliver only a single Event Notification. The rules in sections 5.3.3.5.1 and 5.3.3.5.2 are purposefully flexible about the number of Event Notifications sent when Event E matches two or more values in a Subscription Object. Consider the example: At the time a Job completes, a Subscription Object A has two Subscribed Job Events 'job-state-changed' and 'job- completed'. Both Subscribed Job Events match the Event 'job- completed'. The Printer delivers either one or two Event Notifications to the Notification Recipient of Subscription Object A, depending on implementation. If it delivers two Event Notifications, one has the value of 'job-state-changed' for the "notify- subscribed-event" attribute, and the other has the value of 'job- completed' for the "notify-subscribed-event" attribute. If it delivers one Event Notification, it has the value of either 'job- state-changed' or 'job-completed' for the "notify-subscribed-event" attribute, depending on implementation. The algorithm for choosing such a value is implementation dependent.
5.3.4. notify-attributes (1setOf type2 keyword)
This attribute contains a set of attribute names. When a Printer delivers a Machine Consumable Event Notification, it includes a fixed set of attributes (see section 9.1). If this attribute is present and the Event Notification is Machine Consumable, the Printer also includes the attributes specified by this attribute. A Printer MAY support this attribute. A client MAY supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation Operation. If the client does not supply this attribute in Subscription Creation Operation or the Printer does not support this attribute, the Subscription Object either (1) MAY contain the "notify-attributes" attribute with a 'none' value or (2) NEED NOT contain the attribute at all. There is no "notify-attributes- default" Printer attribute. Each keyword value of this attribute on a Subscription Object MUST be a value of the "notify-attributes-supported (1setOf type2 keyword)" Printer attribute (see section 5.3.4.1). The "notify-attributes- supported" MAY contain any Printer attribute, Job attribute or Subscription Object attribute that the Printer supports in an Event Notification. It MUST NOT contain any of the attributes in Section 9.1 that a Printer automatically puts in an Event Notification; it would be redundant. If a client supplies an attribute in Section 9.1, the Printer MUST treat it as an unsupported attribute value of the "notify-attributes" attribute. The following rules apply to each keyword value N of the "notify- attributes" attribute: If the value N names: a) a Subscription attribute, the Printer MUST use the attribute N in the Subscription Object that is being used to generate the Event Notification. b) a Job attribute and the Printer is generating an Event Notification from a Per-Job Subscription Object S, the Printer MUST use the attribute N in the Job object associated with S. c) a Job attribute and the Printer is generating an Event Notification from a Per-Printer Subscription Object and the Event is: - a Job Event, the Printer MUST use the attribute N in the Job object that caused the Event.
- a Printer Event, the Printer MUST use the attribute N in the
active Job.
If a Printer supports this attribute and a Subscription Object
contains this attribute and the Delivery Method generates a Machine
Consumable Event Notification, the Printer MUST include in each Event
Notification:
a) the attributes specified in section 9.1 and
b) each attribute named by this attribute.
The Printer MUST NOT use this attribute to generate a Human
Consumable Event Notification.
5.3.4.1. notify-attributes-supported (1setOf type2 keyword)
See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx-supported"
Subscription Template Printer attributes.
5.3.5. notify-user-data (octetString(63))
This attribute contains opaque data that some Delivery Methods
include in each Machine Consumable Event Notification. The opaque
data might contain, for example:
- the identity of the Subscriber
- a path or index to some Subscriber information
- a key that identifies to the Notification Recipient the ultimate
recipient of the Event Notification
- the id for a Notification Recipient that had previously registered
with an Instant Messaging Service
A Printer MUST support this attribute.
A client MAY supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation
Operation. If the client does not supply this attribute in the
Subscription Creation Operation, the Subscription Object either (1)
MAY contain the "notify-user-data" attribute with a zero length value
or (2) NEED NOT contain the attribute at all. There is no "notify-
user-data-default" Printer attribute.
There is no "notify-user-data-supported" Printer attribute. Rather, any octetString whose length does not exceed 63 octets is a supported value. If the length exceeds 63 octets, the Printer MUST treat it as an unsupported value.5.3.6. notify-charset (charset)
This attribute specifies the charset to be used in the Event Notification content sent to the Notification Recipient, whether the Event Notification content is Machine Consumable or Human Consumable. A Printer MUST support this attribute. A client MAY supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation Operation. If the client does not supply this attribute in Subscription Creation Operation or supplies an unsupported value, the Printer MUST populate this attribute in the Subscription Object with the value of the "attributes-charset" operation attribute, which is a REQUIRED attribute in all IPP requests (see [RFC2911]). If the value of the "attributes-charset" attribute is unsupported, the Printer MUST populate this attribute in the Subscription Object with the value of the Printer's "charset-configured" attribute. There is no "notify-charset-default" Printer attribute. The value of this attribute on a Subscription Object MUST be a value of the "charset-supported (1setOf charset)" Printer attribute.5.3.7. notify-natural-language (naturalLanguage)
This attribute specifies the natural language to be used in any human consumable text in the Event Notification content sent to the Notification Recipient, whether the Event Notification content is Machine Consumable or Human Consumable. A Printer MUST support this attribute. A client MAY supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation Operation. If the client does not supply this attribute in Subscription Creation Operation or supplies an unsupported value, the Printer MUST populate this attribute in the Subscription Object with the value of the "attributes-natural-language" operation attribute, which is a REQUIRED attribute in all IPP requests (see [RFC2911] section 3.1.4). If the value of the "attributes-natural-language" attribute is unsupported, the Printer MUST populate this attribute in the Subscription Object with the value of the Printer's "natural- language-configured" attribute (see [RFC2911] section 4.4.19). There is no "notify-natural-language-default" Printer attribute.
The value of this attribute on a Subscription Object MUST be a value of the "generated-natural-language-supported (1setOf type2 naturalLanguage)" Printer attribute (see [RFC2911] section 4.4.20).5.3.8. notify-lease-duration (integer(0:67108863))
This attribute specifies the duration of the lease (in seconds) associated with the Per-Printer Subscription Object at the time the Subscription Object was created or the lease was renewed. The duration of the lease is infinite if the value is 0, i.e., the lease never expires. See section 5.4.3 on "notify-lease-expiration-time (integer(0:MAX))" for more details. This attribute is not present on a Per-Job Subscription Object because the Subscription Object lasts exactly as long as the associated Job object. See discussion of the 'job-completed' event in section 5.3.3.4.3 about retention of the Job object after completion. A Printer MUST support this attribute. For a Subscription Object Creation operation of a Per-Job Subscription Object, the client MUST NOT supply this attribute. If the client does supply this attribute, the Printer MUST treat it as an unsupported attribute. For a Subscription Creation Operation of a Per-Printer Subscription Object or a Renew-Subscription operation, a client MAY supply this attribute. If the client does not supply this attribute, the Printer MUST populate this attribute with its "notify-lease-duration-default" (0:67108863) attribute value. If the client supplies this attribute with an unsupported value, the Printer MUST populate this attribute with a supported value, and this value SHOULD be as close as possible to the value requested by the client. Note: this rule implies that a Printer doesn't assign the value of 0 (infinite) unless the client requests it. After the Printer has populated this attribute with a supported value, the value represents the "granted duration" of the lease in seconds and the Printer updates the value of the Subscription Object's "notify-lease-expiration-time" attribute as specified in section 5.4.3. The value of this attribute on a Subscription Object MUST be a value of the "notify-lease-duration-supported" (1setOf (integer(0:67108863) | rangeOfInteger(0:67108863))) Printer attribute.
A Printer MAY require authentication in order to return the value of 0 (the lease never expires) as one of the values of "notify-lease- duration-supported", and to allow 0 as a value of the "notify-lease- duration" attribute. Note: The maximum value 67,108,863 is 2 raised to the 26 power minus 1 and is about 2 years in seconds. The value is considerably less than MAX so that there is virtually no chance of an overflow when the Printer adds it to the Printer's "printer-up-time" attribute value (see [RFC2911] section 4.4.29) to produce the "notify-lease- expiration-time" Subscription Description attribute value (see section 5.4.3).5.3.8.1. notify-lease-duration-default (integer(0:67108863))
See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx-default" Subscription Template Printer attributes.5.3.8.2. notify-lease-duration-supported (1setOf (integer(0: 67108863) | rangeOfInteger(0:67108863)))
See sections 5.1 and 5.2 for the behavior of "xxx-supported" Subscription Template Printer attributes.5.3.9. notify-time-interval (integer(0:MAX))
The 'job-progress' Event occurs each time that a Printer completes a sheet. Some Notification Recipients do not want to receive an Event Notification every time this Event occurs. This attribute allows a Subscribing Client to request how often it wants to receive Event Notifications for 'job-progress' Events. The value of this attribute MAY be any nonnegative integer (0,MAX) indicating the minimum number of seconds between 'job-progress' Event Notifications. The Printer MUST support this attribute if and only if the Printer supports the 'job-progress' Event. A client MAY supply this attribute in a Subscription Creation Operation. If the client does not supply this attribute in the Subscription Creation Operation, the Subscription Object either (1) MAY contain the "notify-time-interval" attribute with a '0' value or (2) NEED NOT contain this attribute at all. There is no "notify- time-interval-default" Printer attribute. There is no "notify-time-interval-supported" Printer attribute.
If the 'job-progress' Event occurs and a Subscription Object contains
the 'job-progress' Event as a value of the 'notify-events' attribute,
there are two cases to consider:
1. This attribute is not present on the Subscription Object or has
the value of 0. The Printer MUST generate and deliver an Event
Notification (as is the case with other Events).
2. This attribute is present with a nonzero value of N:
a) If the Printer has not sent an Event Notification for the
'job-progress' Event for the associated Subscription Object
within the past N seconds, the Printer MUST deliver an Event
Notification for the Event that just occurred. Note when the
Printer completes the first page of a Job, this rule implies
that the Printer delivers an Event Notification for a Per-Job
Subscription Object.
b) Otherwise, the Printer MUST NOT generate or deliver an Event
Notification for the associated Subscription Object. The
Printer MUST NOT increase the value of the "notify-sequence-
number" Subscription Object attribute (i.e., the sequence of
values of the "notify-sequence-number" attribute counts the
Event Notifications that the Printer sent and not the Events
that do not cause an Event Notification to be sent).
It is RECOMMENDED that a Subscribing Client use this attribute when
it subscribes to the 'job-progress' Event, and that the value be
sufficiently large to limit the frequency with which the Printer
delivers Event Notifications requests.
This attribute MUST NOT effect any Events other than 'job-progress'.
5.4. Subscription Description Attributes
Subscription Description Attributes are those attributes that a
Printer adds to a Subscription Object at the time of its creation.
A Printer MUST support all attributes in this Table 2.
A client MUST NOT supply the attributes in Table 2 in a Subscription
Template Attributes Group of a Subscription Creation Operation.
There are no corresponding default or supported attributes.
Table 2 - Subscription Description Attributes
Subscription Object attributes:
notify-subscription-id (integer(1:MAX))
notify-sequence-number (integer(0:MAX))
notify-lease-expiration-time (integer(0:MAX))
notify-printer-up-time (integer(1:MAX))
notify-printer-uri (uri)
notify-job-id (integer(1:MAX))
notify-subscriber-user-name (name(MAX))
5.4.1. notify-subscription-id (integer (1:MAX))
This attribute identifies a Subscription Object instance with a
number that is unique within the context of the Printer. The Printer
generates this value at the time it creates the Subscription Object.
A Printer MUST support this attribute.
The Printer MAY assign the value of this attribute sequentially as it
creates Subscription Objects. However, if there is no security on
Subscription objects, sequential assignment exposes the system to a
passive traffic monitoring threat.
The Printer SHOULD avoid re-using recent values of this attribute
during continuous operation of the Printer as well as across power
cycles. Then a Subscribing Client is unlikely to find that a stale
reference accesses a new Subscription Object.
The 0 value is not permitted in order to allow for compatibility with
"job-id" and with MIB table index values, which are recommended not
to be 0.
5.4.2. notify-sequence-number (integer (0:MAX))
The value of this attribute indicates the number of times that the
Printer has generated and attempted to deliver an Event Notification
for this Subscription object. When an Event Notification contains
this attribute, the Notification Recipient can determine whether it
missed some Event Notifications (i.e., numbers skipped) or received
duplicates (i.e., same number twice).
A Printer MUST support this attribute.
When the Printer creates a Subscription Object, it MUST populate this
attribute with a value of 0. This value indicates that the Printer
has not sent any Event Notifications for this Subscription Object.
Each time the Printer delivers a newly generated Event Notification, it MUST increase the value of this attribute by 1. For some Delivery Methods, the Printer MUST include this attribute in each Event Notification, and the value MUST be the value after it is increased by 1. That is, the value of this attribute in the first Event Notification after Subscription object creation MUST be 1, the second MUST be 2, etc. If a Delivery Method is defined such that the Notification Recipient returns a response, the Printer can re-try delivering an Event Notification a certain number of times with the same sequence number when the Notification Recipient fails to return a response. If a Subscription Object lasts long enough to reach the value of MAX, its next value MUST be 0, i.e., it wraps.5.4.3. notify-lease-expiration-time (integer(0:MAX))
This attribute specifies the time in the future when the lease on the Per-Printer Subscription Object will expire, i.e., the "printer-up- time" value at which the lease will expire. If the value is 0, the lease never expires. A Printer MUST support this attribute. When the Printer creates a Per-Job Subscription Object, this attribute MUST NOT be present - the Subscription Object lasts exactly as long as the associated Job object. See also the discussion of the 'job-completed' event in section 5.3.3.4.3 about retention of the Job object after completion so that a Notification Recipient can query the Job object after receiving the 'job-completed' Event Notification. When the Printer creates a Per-Printer Subscription Object, it populates this attribute with a value that is the sum of the values of the Printer's "printer-up-time" attribute and the Subscription Object's "notify-lease-duration" attribute with the following exception. If the value of the Subscription Object's "notify-lease- duration" attribute is 0 (i.e., no expiration time), then the value of this attribute MUST be set to 0 (i.e., no expiration time). When the Printer powers up, it MUST populate this attribute in each persistent Subscription Object with a value using the algorithm in the previous paragraph. When the "printer-up-time" equals the value of this attribute, the Printer MUST delete the Subscription Object. A client can extend a lease of a Per-Printer Subscription Object with the Renew- Subscription operation (see section 11.2.6).
Note: In order to compute the number of seconds remaining in a lease for a Per-Printer Subscription Object, a client can subtract the Subscription's "notify-printer-up-time" attribute (see section 5.4.4) from the Subscription's "notify-lease-expiration-time" attribute.5.4.4. notify-printer-up-time (integer(1:MAX))
This attribute is an alias for the Printer's "printer-up-time" attribute " (see [RFC2911] section 4.4.29). In other words, when this attribute is queried with the Get-Subscriptions or Get- Subscription-Attributes operations (see sections 11.2.4 and 11.2.5), the value returned is the current value of the Printer's "printer- up-time" attribute, rather than the time at which the Subscription Object was created. A Printer MUST support this attribute. When the Printer creates a Per-Job Subscription Object, this attribute MUST NOT be present. When the Printer creates a Per- Printer Subscription Object, this attribute MUST be present. Note: this attribute exists in a Per-Printer Subscription Object so that a client using the Get-Subscription-Attributes or Get- Subscription operations can convert the Per-Printer Subscription's "notify-lease-expiration-time" attribute to wall clock time with one request. If the value of the "notify-lease-expiration-time" attribute is not 0 (i.e., no expiration time), then the difference between the "notify-lease-expiration-time" attribute and the "notify-printer-up-time" is the remaining number of seconds on the lease from the current time.5.4.5. notify-printer-uri (uri)
This attribute identifies the Printer object that created this Subscription Object. A Printer MUST support this attribute. During a Subscription Creation Operation, the Printer MUST populate this attribute with the value of the "printer-uri" operation attribute in the request. From the Printer URI, the client can, for example, determine what security scheme was used.5.4.6. notify-job-id (integer(1:MAX))
This attribute specifies whether the containing Subscription Object is a Per-Job or Per-Printer Subscription Object, and for Per-Job Subscription Objects, it specifies the associated Job.
A Printer MUST support this attribute. If this attribute is not present, the Subscription Object MUST be a Per-Printer Subscription. If this attribute is present, the Subscription Object MUST be a Per-Job Subscription Object and this attribute MUST identify the Job with which the Subscription Object is associated. Note: This attribute could be useful to a Notification Recipient that receives an Event Notification generated from a Per-Job Subscription Object and caused by a Printer Event. The Event Notification gives access to the Printer and the Subscription Object. The Event Notification gives access to the associated Job only via this attribute. See discussion of the 'job-completed' event in section 5.3.3.4.3 about retention of the Job object after completion so that a Notification Recipient can query the Job object after receiving the 'job-completed' Event Notification.5.4.7. notify-subscriber-user-name (name(MAX))
This attribute contains the name of the user who performed the Subscription Creation Operation. A Printer MUST support this attribute. The Printer MUST populates this attribute with the most authenticated printable name that it can obtain from the authentication service over which the Subscription Creation Operation was received. The Printer uses the same mechanism for determining the value of this attribute as it does for a Job's "job-originating-user-name" (see [RFC2911] section 4.3.6). Note: To help with authentication, a Subscription Object may have additional private attributes about the user, e.g., a credential of a principal. Such private attributes are implementation-dependent and not defined in this document.6. Printer Description Attributes Related to Notification
This section defines the Printer Description attributes that are related to Notification. Table 3 lists the Printer Description attributes, indicates the Printer support required for conformance, and whether or not the attribute is READ-ONLY (see section 3.1):
Table 3 - Printer Description Attributes Associated with Notification Printer object attributes: REQUIRED READ-ONLY printer-state-change-time (integer(1:MAX)) No Yes printer-state-change-date-time (dateTime) No Yes6.1. printer-state-change-time (integer(1:MAX))
This OPTIONAL attribute records the most recent time at which the 'printer-state-changed' Printer Event occurred whether or not any Subscription objects were listening for this event. This attribute helps a client or operator to determine how long the Printer has been in its current state. A Printer MAY support this attribute and if so, the attribute MUST be READ-ONLY. On power-up, the Printer MUST populate this attribute with the value of its "printer-up-time" attribute, so that it always has a value. Whenever the 'printer-state-changed' Printer Event occurs, the Printer MUST update this attribute with the value of the Printer's "printer-up-time" attribute.6.2. printer-state-change-date-time (dateTime)
This OPTIONAL attribute records the most recent time at which the 'printer-state-changed' Printer Event occurred whether or not there were any Subscription Objects listening for this event. This attribute helps a client or operator to determine how long the Printer has been in its current state. A Printer MAY support this attribute and if so, the attribute MUST be READ-ONLY. On power-up, the Printer MUST populate this attribute with the value of its "printer-current-time" attribute, so that it always has a value (see [RFC2911] section 4.4.30 on "printer-current-time"). Whenever the 'printer-state-changed' Printer Event occurs, the Printer MUST update this attribute with the value of the Printer's "printer-current-time" attribute.7. New Values for Existing Printer Description Attributes
This section contains those attributes for which additional values are added.
7.1. operations-supported (1setOf type2 enum)
The following "operation-id" values are added in order to support the new operations defined in this document: Table 4 - Operation-id assignments Value Operation Name 0x0016 Create-Printer-Subscriptions 0x0017 Create-Job-Subscriptions 0x0018 Get-Subscription-Attributes 0x0019 Get-Subscriptions 0x001A Renew-Subscription 0x001B Cancel-Subscription8. Attributes Only in Event Notifications
This section contains those attributes that exist only in Event Notifications and do not exist in any objects.8.1. notify-subscribed-event (type2 keyword)
This attribute indicates the Subscribed Event that caused the Printer to deliver this Event Notification. This attribute exists only in Event Notifications. This attribute MUST contain one of the values of the "notify-events" attribute in the Subscription Object, i.e., one of the Subscribed Event values. Its value is the Subscribed Event that "matches" the Event that caused the Printer to deliver this Event Notification. This Subscribed Event value may be identical to the Event or the Event may be a sub-value of the Subscribed Event. For example, the 'job-completed' Event (which is a sub-event of the 'job-state- changed' event) would cause the Printer to deliver an Event Notification for either the 'job-completed' or 'job-state-changed' Subscribed Events and to deliver the 'job-completed' or 'job-state- changed' value for this attribute, respectively. See section 5.3.3.5 for the "matching" rules of Subscribed Events and for additional examples. The Delivery Method Document specifies whether the Printer includes the value of this attribute in an Event Notification.
8.2. notify-text (text(MAX))
This attribute contains a Human Consumable text message (see section 9.2). This message describes the Event and is encoded as plain text, i.e., 'text/plain' with the charset specified by Subscription Object's "notify-charset" attribute. Note: this attribute contains a text message only and must not contain any encoding information, such as 'text/plain'. The 'text/plain' encoding is implicit and thus the charset must be specified by an alternate mechanism, namely the "notify-charset" attribute. The Delivery Method Document specifies whether the Printer includes this attribute in an Event Notification.9. Event Notification Content
This section defines the Event Notification content that the Printer delivers when an Event occurs. When an Event occurs, the Printer MUST find each Subscription object whose "notify-events" attribute "matches" the Event. See section 5.3.3.5 for details on "matching". For each matched Subscription Object, the Printer MUST create an Event Notification with the content and format that the Delivery Method Document specifies. The content contains the value of attributes specified by the Delivery Method Document. The Printer obtains the values immediately after the Event occurs. For example, if the "printer-state" attribute changes from 'idle' to 'processing', the Event 'printer-state- changed' occurs and the Printer puts various attributes into the Event Notification, including "printer-up-time" and "printer-state" with the values that they have immediately after the Event occurs, i.e., the value of "printer-state" is 'processing'. Event Notification Ordering: When a Printer delivers Event Notifications, the Event Notifications from any given Subscription Object MUST be in time stamp order, i.e., in order of increasing "printer-up-time" attribute value in the Event Notification (see Table 5). These Event Notifications MAY be interleaved with those from other Subscription Objects, as long as those others are also in time stamp order. The Printer MUST observe these ordering requirements whether delivering multiple pending Events as multiple separate Event Notifications or together in a single Compound Event Notification.
If a Subscribing Client wants the Printer to deliver certain Event
Notifications in time stamp order, the Subscribing Client uses a
single Subscription Object. Even so, depending on the underlying
transport, the actual order that a Notification Recipient receives
separate Event Notifications may differ from the order sent by the
Printer (e.g., email).
Example: Consider two Per-Printer Subscription Objects: SO1 and SO2.
SO1 requests 'job-state-changed' events and SO2 requests 'printer-
state-changed' events. The number in parens is the time stamp. The
following Event Notification sequences are the only ones that conform
to the ordering requirements for the Printer to deliver the Event
Notifications:
(a) SO1: 'job-created' (1000), SO1: 'job-stopped' (1005), SO1:
'job-completed' (1009), SO2: 'printer-stopped' (1005)
(b) SO1: 'job-created' (1000), SO1: 'job-stopped' (1005), SO2:
'printer-stopped' (1005), SO1: 'job-completed' (1009)
(c) SO1: 'job-created' (1000), SO2: 'printer-stopped' (1005), SO1:
'job-stopped' (1005), SO1: 'job-completed' (1009)
(d) SO2: 'printer-stopped (1005), SO1: 'job-created' (1000), SO1:
'job-stopped' (1005), SO1: 'job-completed' (1009)
Examples (b) and (c) are interleaved; examples (a) and (d) are not
interleaved and are not appropriate for some Delivery Methods.
If two different Events occur simultaneously, or nearly so (e.g.,
"printer-up-time" has the same value for both), the Printer MUST
create a separate Event Notification for each Event, even if the
associated Subscription Object is the same for both Events. However,
the Printer MAY combine these distinct Event Notifications into a
single Compound Event Notification if the Delivery Method supports
Compound Event Notifications. For example, suppose that two nearly-
simultaneously Events represent two successive 'printer-state-
changed' Events, one from 'idle' to 'processing' and another from
'processing' to 'stopped'. These two Events have the same name but
are different instances of the Event. Then the Printer MUST create a
separate Event Notification for each Event and SHOULD accurately
report the "printer-state" of the first Event as 'processing' and the
second Event as 'stopped'.
If a Subscription Object contains more than one Subscribed Event, and
several Events occur in quick succession each matching a different
Subscribed Event in the Subscription Object, the Printer MUST NOT
generate a single Event Notification from several of these Events,
but MAY combine distinct Event Notifications into a single Compound
Event Notification if the Delivery Method supports Compound Event
Notifications.
After the Printer has created the Event Notification, the Printer
delivers it via either a:
Push Delivery Method: The Printer delivers the Event Notification
shortly after an Event occurs. For some Push Delivery Methods,
the Notification Recipient MUST deliver a response; for others it
MUST NOT deliver a response.
Pull Delivery Method: The Printer saves Event Notifications for
some Event Life and expects the Notification Recipient to request
Event Notifications. The Printer returns the Event Notifications
in a response to such a request.
If an error that meets the following conditions occurs, the Printer
MUST cancel the Subscription Object.
a) the error occurs during the delivering of an Event Notification
generated from Subscription Object S AND
b) the error would continue to occur every time the Printer delivers
an Event Notification generated from Subscription Object S in the
future.
For example, if the address of the "notify-recipient-uri" of
Subscription Object A references a non-existent target and the
Printer determines this fact, it MUST delete Subscription Object A.
The next two sections describe the values that a Printer delivers in
the content of Machine Consumable and Human Consumable Event
Notifications, respectively.
The tables in the sub-sections of this section contain the following
columns:
a) Source Value: the name of the attribute that supplies the value
for the Event Notification. Asterisks in this field refer to a
note below the table.
b) Delivers: if the Printer supports the value (column 1) on the
Source Object (column 3) the Delivery Method MUST specify:
MUST: that the Printer MUST deliver the value.
SHOULD: either that the Printer MUST deliver the value or that
the value is incompatible with the Delivery Method.
MAY: that the Printer MUST, SHOULD, MAY, MUST NOT, SHOULD NOT,
or NEED NOT deliver the value. The Delivery Method specifies
the level of conformance for the Printer.
c) Source Object: the object from which the source value comes. If
the object is "Event Notification", the Printer fabricates the
value when it delivers the Event Notification. See section 8.
9.1. Content of Machine Consumable Event Notifications
This section defines the attributes that a Delivery Method MUST
mention in a Delivery Method Document when specifying the Machine
Consumable Event Notification's contents.
This document does not define the order of attributes in Event
Notifications. However, Delivery Method Documents MAY define the
order of some or all of the attributes.
A Delivery Method Document MUST specify additional attributes (if
any) that a Printer implementation delivers in a Machine Consumable
Event Notification.
Notification Recipients MUST be able to accept Event Notifications
containing attributes they do not recognize. What a Notification
Recipient does with an unrecognized attribute is implementation-
dependent. Notification Recipients MAY attempt to display
unrecognized attributes anyway or MAY ignore them.
The next three sections define the attributes in Event Notification
Contents that are:
1. for all Events
2. for Job Events only
3. for Printer Events only
9.1.1. Event Notification Content Common to All Events
This section lists the attributes that a Delivery Method Document
MUST specify for all Events.
Table 5 lists potential values in each Event Notification.
Table 5 - Attributes in Event Notification Content
Source Value Delivers Source Object
notify-subscription-id (integer(1:MAX)) MUST Subscription
notify-printer-uri (uri) MUST Subscription
notify-subscribed-event (type2 keyword) MUST Event
Notification
printer-up-time (integer(MIN:MAX)) MUST Printer
printer-current-time (dateTime) * MUST Printer
notify-sequence-number (integer (0:MAX)) SHOULD Subscription
notify-charset (charset) SHOULD Subscription
notify-natural-language (naturalLanguage) SHOULD Subscription
notify-user-data (octetString(63)) ** SHOULD Subscription
notify-text (text) SHOULD Event
Notification
attributes from the "notify-attributes" MAY Printer
attribute ***
attributes from the "notify-attributes" MAY Job
attribute ***
attributes from the "notify-attributes" MAY Subscription
attribute ***
*A Printer MUST deliver this value only if and only if it supports
the Printer's "printer-current-time" attribute.
** If the Subscription Object does not contain a "notify-user-data"
attribute and the Delivery Method Document REQUIRES the Printer to
deliver the "notify-user-data" source value in the Event
Notification, the Printer MUST deliver an octet-string of length 0.
*** The last three rows represent additional attributes that a client
MAY request via the "notify-attributes" attribute. A Printer MAY
support the "notify-attributes" attribute. The Delivery Method MUST
say that the Printer MUST, SHOULD, MAY, MUST NOT, SHOULD NOT, or NEED
NOT support the "notify-attributes" attribute and specific values of
this attribute. The Delivery Method MAY say that support for the
"notify-attributes" is conditioned on support of the attribute by the
Printer or it MAY say that Printer MUST support the "notify-
attributes" attribute if the Printer supports the Delivery Method.
9.1.2. Additional Event Notification Content for Job Events
This section lists the additional attributes that a Delivery Method
Document MUST specify for Job Events. See Table 6.
Table 6 - Additional Event Notification Content for Job Events
Source Value Delivers Source
Object
job-id (integer(1:MAX)) MUST Job
job-state (type1 enum) MUST Job
job-state-reasons (1setOf type2 keyword) MUST Job
job-impressions-completed (integer(0:MAX)) * MUST Job
* The Printer MUST deliver the "job-impressions-completed" attribute
in an Event Notification only for the combinations of Events and
Subscribed Events shown in Table 7.
Table 7 - Combinations of Events and Subscribed Events for "job-
impressions-completed"
Job Event Subscribed Job Event
'job-progress' 'job-progress'
'job-completed' 'job-completed'
'job-completed' 'job-state-changed'
9.1.3. Additional Event Notification Content for Printer Events
This section lists the additional attributes that a Delivery Method
Document MUST specify for Printer Events. See Table 8.
Table 8 - Additional Event Notification Content for Printer Events
Source Value Delivers Source Object
printer-state (type1 enum) MUST Printer
printer-state-reasons (1setOf type2 MUST Printer
keyword)
printer-is-accepting-jobs (boolean) MUST Printer
9.2. Content of Human Consumable Event Notification
This section defines the information that a Delivery Method MUST
mention in a Delivery Method Document when specifying the Human
Consumable Event Notifications contents or the value of the "notify-
text" attribute.
Such a Delivery Method MUST specify the following information and a
Printer SHOULD deliver it:
a) the Printer name (see Table 9)
b) the time of the Event (see Table 11)
c) for Printer Events only:
i) the Event (see Table 10) and/or Printer state information (see
Table 14)
d) for Job Events only:
i) the job identity (see Table 12)
ii) the Event (see Table 10) and/or Job state information (see
Table 13)
The subsections of this section specify the attributes that a Printer
MUST use to obtain this information.
A Delivery Method Document MUST specify additional information (if
any) that a Printer implementation delivers in a Human Consumable
Event Notification or in the "notify-text" attribute.
A client MUST NOT request additional attributes via the "notify-
attributes" attribute because this attribute works only for Machine
Consumable Event Notifications.
Notification Recipients MUST NOT expect to be able to parse the Human
Consumable Event Notification contents or the value of the "notify-
text" attribute.
The next three sections define the attributes in Event Notification
Contents that are:
a) for all Events
b) for Job Events only
c) for Printer Events only
9.2.1. Event Notification Content Common to All Events
This section lists the source of the information that a Delivery
Method MUST specify for all Events.
There is a separate table for each piece of information. Each row in
the table represents a source value for the information and the
values are listed in order of preference, with the first one being
the preferred one. An implementation SHOULD use the source value
from the earliest row in each table. It MAY use the source value
from another row instead, or it MAY combine the source values from several rows. An implementation is free to determine the best way to present this information. In all tables of this section, all rows contain a "MAY" in order to state that the Delivery Method specifies the conformance. Table 9 lists the source of the information for the Printer Name. The "printer-name" is more user-friendly unless the Notification Recipient is in a place where the Printer name is not meaningful. For example, an implementation could have the intelligence to deliver the value of the "printer-name" attribute to a Notification Recipient that can access the Printer via value of the "printer-name" attribute and otherwise deliver the value of the "notify-printer-uri" attribute. Table 9 - Printer Name in Event Notification Content Source Value Delivers Source Object printer-name (name(127)) MAY Printer notify-printer-uri (uri) MAY Subscription Table 10 lists the source of the information for the Event name. A Printer MAY combine this information with state information described for Jobs in Table 13 or for Printers in Table 14. Table 10 - Event Name in Event Notification Content Source Value Delivers Source Object notify-subscribed-event (type2 keyword) MAY Subscription Table 11 lists the source of the information for the time that the Event occurred. A Printer can deliver this value only if it supports the Printer's "printer-current-time" attribute. If a Printer does not support the "printer-current-time" attribute, it MUST NOT deliver the "printer-up-time" value instead, since it is not an allowed option for human consumable information. Table 11 - Event Time in Event Notification Content Source Value Delivers Source Object printer-current-time (dateTime) MAY Printer
9.2.2. Additional Event Notification Content for Job Events
This section lists the source of the additional information that a Delivery Method MUST specify for Job Events. Table 12 lists the source of the information for the job name. The "job-name" is likely more meaningful to a user than "job-id". Table 12 - Job Name in Event Notification Content Source Value Delivers Source Object job-name (name(MAX)) MAY Job job-id (integer(1:MAX)) MAY Job Table 13 lists the source of the information for the job state. If a Printer supports the "job-state-message" and "job-detailed-state- message" attributes, it SHOULD use those attributes for the job state information, otherwise, it should fabricate such information from the "job-state" and "job-state-reasons". For some Events, a Printer MAY combine this information with Event information. Table 13 - Job State in Event Notification Content Source Value Delivers Source Object job-state-message (text(MAX)) MAY Job job-detailed-status-messages (1setOf text(MAX)) MAY Job job-state (type1 enum) MAY Job job-state-reasons (1setOf type2 keyword) MAY Job9.2.3. Additional Event Notification Content for Printer Events
This section lists the source of the additional information that a Delivery Method MUST specify for Printer Events. Table 14 lists the source of the information for the printer state. If a Printer supports the "printer-state-message", it SHOULD use that attribute for the job state information, otherwise it SHOULD fabricate such information from the "printer-state" and "printer- state-reasons". For some Events, a Printer MAY combine this information with Event information.
Table 14 - Printer State in Event Notification Content
Source Value Delivers Source
Object
printer-state-message (text(MAX)) MAY Printer
printer-state (type1 enum) MAY Printer
printer-state-reasons (1setOf type2 keyword) MAY Printer
printer-is-accepting-jobs (boolean) MAY Printer
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