RE: Documents, Cars, Hills, and Valleys

> On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 10:36:07PM -0700, Joshua Allen wrote:
> > You definitely aren't manipulating the printer.  You can't PUT a
> > printer, nor can you GET a printer.
> 
> Sure you can (GET).  HP has been doing this for years.  A GET on
> a URI that identifies the printer returns a representation of the
> state of the printer, showing you the queued jobs, any alert, etc..

You can *not* GET a printer.  When you do a GET, you simply GET back a
document representing the state of the printer.  This is no more the
printer than http://www.microsoft.com is a Compaq Server.

Received on Wednesday, 10 April 2002 13:02:46 UTC