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Re: Info Print 2000
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David F Lambert)
Sun Jun 11 18:30:16 2000
Message-Id: <10006112230.AA29253@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 00 18:26:37 EDT
From: David F Lambert <LAMBERT@MITVMA.MIT.Edu>
To: Kenneth Bruggeman <kiplb@MIT.EDU>,
Enterprise Printing Delivery Project Team <printdel@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:15:38 -0400
On Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:15:38 -0400 Kip said:
>Hey there folks,
>
>Some info you might be interested in.
>Last Friday Steve Dimond and I sent out an RFP to 4 companies (DANKA, OCE,
>Heidelberg,& Xerox) for a replacement for our Networked Docutech 135. I
>have had a few conversations with Phil Muolo from IBM and initially Steve
>and I agreed that since we were soliciting proposals from DANKA &
>Heidelberg for essentially the same box we were not going to ask IBM for a
>gander at the Info Print 2000 which without IBM's front end is the same as
>the other two. I was kind of on the fence about this cause I think the
>more options the better. After talking to Phil on Monday I decided to look
>at a proposal from him as well. We have requested the proposals be
>submitted to me by 6/12. Steve Dimond is on vacation and we will not be
>making any decisions til he gets back (6/19) but I'll fill you in when we
>decide.
>
>We have had a long history with DANKA in considerations for replacing the
>Docutech (they along with OCE cordinated the front end solution we have
>purchased from ALTO Imaging) not to mention our somewhat shakey
>relationship with Xerox. I'm expecting that the IBM solution will be
>pricey, well, I should say more pricey considering what these things go for.
>
>If anyone would like to take a look at this ALTO front end let me know and
>I'll make arangements for you to get a demo in our copy center in building
>11.
>
>Kip
Hi Kip,
What's the function of the frontend that IBM provides with the printer?
From past discussions, it sounded like ALTO was a queue and device
manager like APS & IPM. If so, are you thinking about replacing ALTO
too? Can ALTO manage an InfoPrint 2000? Please do keep us posted.
Thanks...
-Dave
