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Printing & Imaging Update. John Ritchie Intel Staff Engineer. Overview. Imaging Working Committee Objectives Participants Consumer Enablement Vision Experiences Utilizing a Network Digital Entertainment Scenarios (2) Photo Printing Features Schedule Call to Action.
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Printing & Imaging Update John Ritchie Intel Staff Engineer
Overview • Imaging Working Committee Objectives • Participants • Consumer Enablement Vision • Experiences Utilizing a Network • Digital Entertainment Scenarios (2) • Photo Printing Features • Schedule • Call to Action
Working Committee Objectives Focused on the UPnP v1.0 Architecture to define the following: • Define extensions to the existing PrintBasic:1 service to address photo printing needs Customer Does Not Want Customer Wants
Working Committee Participants • Canon • Epson • HP • Intel • Kodak • Lexmark • Microsoft • NetSilicon • Nokia • Olympus • Panasonic • Philips • Ricoh • Samsung
Long-Term Consumer Enablement Vision • Enabled Devices: • Can be interacted-with over the Web • Consistent user experience • Standards-based content transport Online Services Radio and TV Media Internet Data, Media Satellite Terrestrial Cable Residential Gateway Cell Station Hot Spot Gateway PC/productivity Communications Handheld/ Phone Starbucks Internet Access Services Printing & Imaging Services Online Kiosks Home Control and Automation Car Entertainment Mobile Hot Spots Home
Experiences Utilizing a Network Consumer IT Digital Entertainment Wireless Camera Media Storage Media Receiver Shared Printing Personal & Paid Content Delivery Remote Printing *DV/DVR Connected Home Digital Photography Mobile Imaging Portable Photo Viewer *Digital TV Wireless Camera
Digital Entertainment Scenarios (1) • UPnP v1: • UPnP allows a Control Point to discover a device on the network • UPnP Print allows printing without a print driver. • UPnP AV allows rich digital media i.e. Photos to be discovered and rendered. • 1) Mobile Digital Entertainment Devices join network • View, Edit, Print, & Store Photographs WiFi Camera Phone, PDA, Mobile Entertainment Card to TV
Digital Entertainment Scenarios (2) • 2) Photos from PC to living room • View, Store, and Print Media Renderer Media Server
Printer Device The PrintBasic:1 Serviceis mandatory in a Printer Device. PrintBasic:2 is optional.
PrintBasic:1 vs. PrintBasic:2 • PrintBasic:1 enables printing from a control point to a UPnP Printer • Requires XHTML-Print Support for documents • Requires JPEG support for images • PrintBasic:2 improves printing by providing the following features for photo printing: • Layout Features • Borderless Printing • Album Pages • Photos-up printing • Index Printing (rotation) • Text Superimposed on Images (e.g., Date Print over Photo) • Trim/Crop Capabilities • Early disconnect information tracking so that mobile handhelds can leave once the data transfer was complete • Preserving User Intent on a print (e.g., conserve photo paper) • PrintBasic:2 requires Enhanced XHTML-Print support for documents • JPEG support for images
XHTML-Print Guideline A guideline document supplemental to the normative XHTML-Print specification and will be included as an annex to the PrintBasic:2 specification. The guideline consists of three sections : • Interpretation Rules • Specifies how PrintBasic:2 printers should interpret expressions to achieve consistent output. • Usage Rules • Specifies how content should be written by clients to achieve consistent output among PrintBasic:2 printers. • Templates (Reference) • Example templates provided to highlight expected output. Application Application Application PrintBasic:2 Guideline(Informative) XHTML-Print/CSS Print Profile Print stream Print Basic:2
Call to Action • UPnP Printing is simple and valued by your customers. • The Imaging Committee encourages Consumer Electronics device (Control Points) vendors to enable UPnP printing. • Printer Vendors should support UPnP PrintBasic:2 providing ubiquitous photo printing.
