[169] in UA Exec
Re: Notification of 'Printer in the W20 "Game Room"' Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Quentin Smith)
Sun Dec 6 15:10:30 2009
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 15:10:13 -0500 (EST)
From: Quentin Smith <quentin@MIT.EDU>
To: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu>
cc: "Vrajesh Modi (UA Special Projects Committee)" <ua-projects-chairs@mit.edu>,
Owen Derby <oderby@mit.edu>, ua-senate@mit.edu, ua-exec@mit.edu
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0912061451450.4795@dr-wily.mit.edu>
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Dec 2009, Quentin Smith wrote:
>
>> IS&T is funding the purchase of the new printer, which they probably would
>> have done anyway. I believe the intent is for the UA's money to contribute
>> only to physical security; this may include adding card access or
>> electronic passcode locks.
>
> The e-mail containing the funding bill asserts that physical security
> would cost O($4k).
Right; we're trying to get CAC to contribute as well.
>
>> You are presuming wrong - the current plan is to put in a fast Xerox
>> printer.
>
> How much is this printer?
I do not know and I do not think a specific model has been selected yet.
However, note that the proposal was for 50ppm *duplex*, so >100ppm
single-sided.
> The Xerox 4150n on kslprinters.com is $700, and has 45ppm and an 8-second
> warmup time, for $800. If you compromise a bit more, the 3124 gets you 25ppm
> and 9 seconds to warm up, for $180. So I'm not seeing the $6.5k proposed
> budget, and I think it's important that if the UA and not just IS&T
> participates in this, the budget should be a little more evident.
And the final consideration is how long until the printer breaks. I don't
expect a $180 printer to last more than O(months) with our abuse. In any
case, the bulk of the cost will be paid by IS&T.
>> Also, it is likely, though not for sure yet, that w20color will move into
>> W20-575 and thus there will still be six printers, including a color one.
>
> This is great news! Presumably w20color will then be completely free of
> charge?
I have no details, but I'm pretty sure it has no charge now either.
--Quentin
