[2441] in Enterprise Print Delivery Team
Re: VM Print Changes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David G Kalenderian)
Tue Apr 9 18:22:27 2002
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 17:40:17 EDT
Reply-To: David G Kalenderian <DAVEK@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
From: David G Kalenderian <DAVEK@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
To: PRINTDEL@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <VM-SST%2002032513125812@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Hi.
Just some comments regarding the proposed changes regarding the printing/
loading of holed print from VM on the 3160 printers.
After talking with Lynne, it sounds like some testing has been done
but it may not be complete. Lynne will followup with email regarding the
testing that has been done.
I would recommend that we test ALL forms that would be impacted by this
change to verify that they would print properly, ie: all Xnnn forms,
all holed simplex forms, all HR forms that will be loaded HL.
This can be done without any VM system/ROUTER changes by:
- changing the printer setting to always use the duplex path
- loading holed paper as HL
- printing a test sample of each form listed in ROUTER's forms table
that may be impacted (see above)
Once we have verified that all forms have printed properly via the
duplex path, then we can coordinate the OPERFORMS change in the ROUTER
tables with the change to the printer settings for the duplex paper path.
Also, it would be helpful to review the Operator documentation on printing via
IPM vs Mainframe that was requested previously. Could someone please point
us to the location of that documentation?
Thanks, DaveK
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:45:55 EST you said:
>Here's some e-mail from Lynne summarizing the changes for VM due to
>the IPM and holes issue. I also had a subsequent conversation with
>Lynne and here's some additional info:
>
>- when ops print via IPM instead of MF they: 1) change the connection
> from channel attach to network attach, 2) change printer setting
> to always use duplex paper path, 3) load holed paper with holes on
> opposite side than for MF
>- when IPM put into production no changes were made to VM printing; what
> is different is now the loading of paper for IPM is different than for
> VM (and ops sometimes load paper for VM the way they do for IPM with
> the result that VM print has holes on the wrong side)
>- Lynne's proposal (see below) is to only change ROUTER's FORM TABLE
> to switch HL and HR. I don't know what the implication is for
> simplex printing. The op procedure would change so the MF also goes
> through duplex path for everything and ops load paper same for both.
>- When this was discussed before, I thought changes needed to be made
> to the actual forms but Lynne said that wasn't needed.
>
>Lynne/Bill - Please correct me if any of the above is incorrect. Also,
>please point us to the op documentation on printing via IPM vs MF (i.e.
>the changes ops make when switching from 1 to the other.)
>
>- Karen -
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Karen,
>
>In a nutshell, what we would like to propose changing in the "standard"
>print forms in VM is alter the oper forms that start HR to HL, with the
>understanding that the operators would set the trays menu in the printer to
>print this output through the duplex path.
>
>This would also affect any, if they exist, XNNN forms that use holes paper
>and are simplex.
>
>These changes would only affect the operators, once made, so that all holes
>printing on the IP60 printers would be done the same way, i.e. the paper
>would be loaded the same way, and the menu in the printer would need to
>updated, to prevent confusion, need for reprints, or worse clients
>receiving output with the holes on the wrong side of the paper.
>
>Also since there are two IP60 printers and the amount of simplex output
>printed is 10% of the total printed, through the efforts of the clients to
>switch to duplex output, this information is slightly old, but should still
>be fairly accurate, the increase in print time is not a major factor.
>
>The changes requested will be transparent to the end users who print
>simplex, except that the holes will be on the correct side of the header
>and trailer sheets.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Lynne
>
>On behalf of the Enterprise Print Delivery Team
>
>Lynne E. Durland
>Information Systems
>Database Services
>W91-109
>O: 617-258-5857
>C: 617-293-8091
>H: KB1FEM
>
>"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so
>long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened
>for us."
>
> --Helen Keller
