In an effort to make it easier for scanners and all-in-one device makers to interface with Windows Vista, Microsoft announced Thursday it is contributing a set of Web services protocols it has developed for scanners to a standards group working on that issue.
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is contributing the protocols to the Printer Working Group (PWG), a program of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Industry Standards and Technology Organization, according to the organization's Web site.
"The purpose of the [protocols] specification was to enable network scanning in home and small business environments," Mike Fenelon, a technical lead in Microsoft's documents experience group and author of the spec, told InternetNews.com.
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