[41634] in Hotline Meeting
Re: [Fwd: New Printer for Athena at WHOI]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Cunningham)
Wed Jan 28 09:05:51 1998
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:05:43 -0500
From: Eric Cunningham <ecunningham@whoi.edu>
To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
Cc: op@MIT.EDU, hotline@MIT.EDU
> Hi Eric, I sorry it's taken us so long to get back to you.
No problem. Glad to see that this moving forward.
> I don't know that they are really newer versions of the HP4s, but they
> will work with Athena, provided they have a JetDirect card (yes, you
> will need a JetDirect card)
I'm about to put in an order for an HP 5si MX. Can anyone verify that
this printer will require the Duplex Unit optional accessory in order
for duplex printing to happen?
> I belive that in addition to being a printserver, tautog also
> functions as a bootp server for scallop. I assume you'd want to do
> something similar with the other new printserver.
Yes, let's make quahog both a bootp and print server for this new
printer.
Can we name this new printer "mussel"?
> > 3. I'd like to define "scallop" (the existing printer) as the default
> > printer for the machines "tautog" and "squeteague". I'd like to define
> > the new printer (I've yet to come up w/a name)
mussel? I don't know if that is available as a printer name...
> > to be the default printer
> > for the machines "menhaden" and "quahog".
>
> This is easy to do, once the new printer exists.
Okay, let's make that happen at the appropriate time.
> This machine will need to be updated to 8.1 before it can become a
> printserver. OTOH, it's probably a good idea to get all of your
> machines updated to 8.1.
I agree that updating to 8.1 across the board would ultimately be a good
thing. To lessen potential problems, perhaps we could let the 8.1
upgrades to the other machines wait until the printer addition is
settled. But I'll leave that up to you; either way is fine w/me.
> Hey Mike or Dan, have you kept track of things to watch out for while
> updating WHOI machines? I suspect this may me the trickiest part of
> the whole process of getting a new printer, and hopefully it won't be
> too bad.
Yes, network configs are always the biggest problem since WHOI has it's
own class B address separate from MIT.
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