[2208] in Enterprise Print Delivery Team
Re: Can the BLT Handle Automated Email re Central Printing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Theresa M Regan)
Fri Jan 18 15:42:48 2002
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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:42:41 -0500
To: "Rocklyn E. Clarke" <rclarke@MIT.EDU>
From: Theresa M Regan <tregan@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Enterprise Printing Delivery Team <PRINTDEL@MIT.EDU>,
"Goguen, Barbara J" <goguen@MIT.EDU>, r3-print@MIT.EDU
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Hi Rocklyn,
Will the BLT and/or CHD have the ability to see what data is entered on
behalf of a person receiving this type of e-mail? If all three pieces of
information is required, does the form check that all information is
entered before accepting any data? Also, will there be a timestamp
associated with the data? I remain concerned about the relationship
between the data and its actual use.
Example: I am planning to relocate from W92 in the near future. If I
complete the form today and several months later request a report via this
service w/o updating the form, my request may not reach me. I may not
remember to update the data.
I am not sure that the use of "valid" cost object and "valid" building and
room is accurate since no additional verification is being done of this
data. Or, did I misunderstand?
Thanks,
Theresa
At 03:01 PM 1/18/2002 -0500, Rocklyn E. Clarke wrote:
>Hi Carol,
>
>As you know, the MIT Central Printing Service (using InfoPrint Manager) is
>now in production. You will probably also recall that this service
>requires clients to provide cost object and delivery information (i.e.
>building and room number) so that we can process their print jobs
>properly. This is fairly straightforward for clients who submit jobs from
>the web interface, since it requires them to provide this information and
>stores it in a database. The process is slightly more complicated for
>those clients who submit print jobs via lpr or klpr however. They need to
>first use our web interface to provide the required accounting and
>delivery information. Once this has been done, the information from our
>database will be used for all of their subsequent print jobs until they
>change it.
>
>In order to minimize the expense of providing this service we need to
>minimize the number of lpr/klpr submissions for which accounting and/or
>delivery information is unavailable. We believe that the best way to do
>this is to send email to the "offending" clients. We have modified the
>software that runs on the print server to send an email to the submitting
>userid of any print job for which the required information is not
>available. The email will appear to come from business-help@mit.edu and
>will point clients to the appropriate web page to update their
>information. It also directs them to you if they believe that they have
>received the email in error. You will find a sample of the email below.
>
>Before we implement this change, we want to know if this will be
>acceptable to the BLT. We believe that this will be a big help to us
>without adding to your workload significantly. Please let us know what
>you think.
>
>Sincerely,
>Rocklyn E. Clarke
>for the Enterprise Printing Delivery Team
>
>------------
>
>To: fbaars@mit.edu
>Subject: Central Print Service Error Report: fbaars@housecall.mit.edu
>From: business-help@mit.edu
>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 10:18:29 -0500
>Sender: root@pillage.mit.edu
>
>Hello,
>
>You are receiving this email because you apparently submitted a print job
>to the MIT Central Printing Service
>(http://web.mit.edu/is/help/printing/central/) which resulted in one or
>more errors:
>
> Error: Missing cost object for user fbaars
> Error: Missing building for user fbaars
> Error: Missing room number for user fbaars
>
>Unless you have a valid cost object and a valid building and room number
>in the print service database, your print job will require additional work
>to be delivered properly and in a timely fashion. To ensure proper
>handling and delivery, please go to the following URL and fill in the
>information.
>
> https://pillage.mit.edu/accountinfo/accountinfo.html
>
>Filling in this information should enable you to print successfully. You
>will not be charged for this printing service; the cost object is for
>usage reporting.
>
>If you believe that you have received this email in error, please notify
>the Business Liaison Team (BLT) at business-help@mit.edu or
>617-252-1177. The information provided below will help them to resolve
>the problem.
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>MIT Central Print Service Print Job Error Report (for use by BLT staff):
>
>User Name : fbaars
>Host Name : housecall.mit.edu
>Cost Object :
>Building :
>Room :
>Original Queue : central-letter
>Current Queue : central-letter
>Spool File : /var/spool/printer/central-letter/dfA450housecall.mit.edu
>Job Name : TestPage
>
>
>
>
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
