[1310] in Release_7.7_team
Re: Suggestion re duplex printing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Burning Eyes)
Fri Jun 12 18:07:19 1998
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:05:40 -0400
To: "Naomi B. Schmidt" <nschmidt@MIT.EDU>
From: Burning Eyes <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Cc: fuzzballs@MIT.EDU, ghudson@MIT.EDU, release-team@MIT.EDU
I am a bit concerned about two "side effects" of changing to
automatic default double sided printing.
1. My impression is that double sided printing is slower
than single sided printing. I'm not sure but if the effect
is to slowdown printing is that good?
2. I also am not sure whether the mechanics of double sided printing
are as good as those for single sided printing. Running the Paper through
the extra handling may result in more downtime. Again not something
I'm sure of but something to check.
On the other side -- it seems like a sensible suggestion. Making
the default double sided printing and providing on request single side
seems reasonable to me.
Mike
At 09:03 AM 6/12/98 EDT, Naomi B. Schmidt wrote:
:)
:)The following came in to Software Suggestions. Let's add it to
:)the agenda of this afternoon's meeting, if there is time.
:)
:) 2:30 - 4 PM
:) E40-316
:)
:)(Greg - Would you like to be added to the fuzzballs mailing list?
:)I hesitate to add someone to a mailing list w/out their permission)
:)
:) Naomi
:)-------------------------------------------------------------
:)
:)[2063] daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian N Hubert) Athena Software Suggestions 06/11/98 23:17 (41 lines)
:)Subject: Athena... save the TREES!
:)To: suggest@MIT.EDU
:)Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 23:17:04 EDT
:)From: Brian N Hubert <bnhubert@MIT.EDU>
:)
:)OK, here's a suggestion that may help Athena
:)save hundreds, if not thousands, of reams of
:)paper per year. Saving paper = saving money
:)= lower tuition (maybe) = saving trees =
:)saving the environment.
:)
:)It's easy: make all of the athena printers
:)print double-sided sheets by default. Right now,
:)if someone wants to print a double-sided sheet,
:)they have to type in the printer name and then
:)add the numeral "2" along side it like:
:)
:)% lpr -Pprintername2 filename
:)
:)Unfortunately a lot of people don't know about this
:)feature and wind up printing single sided sheets
:)about 99% of the time becuase they leave off
:)the number 2. What a waste of paper!
:)
:)Why not switch things around so that if someone
:)specially wants a single sided page, they need
:)to type the printer name followed by the number "1"
:)like:
:)
:)% lpr -Pprintername1 filename
:)
:)Otherwise, the normal "lpr -Pprintername filename"
:)command would cause the document to print in
:)a double-sided format.
:)
:)It's simply double-sided by default!
:)
:)
:)Thanks for your time,
:)sincerely,
:)Brian Hubert
:)bnhubert@mit.edu
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:)
