[287] in Enterprise Print Delivery Team
Answers to Dave's Q's from yesterday
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kenneth Bruggeman)
Tue Jun 13 10:30:30 2000
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:25:31 -0400
To: Enterprise Printing Delivery Project Team <printdel@MIT.EDU>
From: Kenneth Bruggeman <kiplb@MIT.EDU>
Hey there folks,
I had a meeting with two of the Heidelberg reps yesterday and put forth the
questions Dave had asked about the connectivity of the Digimaster 9110 (110
ppm)
I asked Janet Doherty to send me an answer in email so I could forward it
on to you folks. I also got the Xerox solution which looks like it can do
the same thing. I can bring the spec sheets to our next meeting for all
five solutions and also I'll let you know what I find out about the Canon
Image Runner 600
(60 ppm) which goes for around $20K connected. Much cheaper than the 3160
Here goes:
The Digimaster 9110 is an open system that has the standard networking
protocols such as TCP/IP LPR, SPX/IPX and Ethertalk. It also has has an
open architecture and supports the following PDL's: Postscript 3, PCL 6,
Tiff (CCITT Group 4), PDF and Ascii. It has a buffering system that allows
the system to process and print the jobs concurrently. This buffering can
be turned off when printing from a Mainframe so that it will allow large
data jobs to flow through the system. So this gives you productivity during
your Copytech jobs, because you can process and print jobs you are working
on during the day, and then do your Mainframe printing in the off hours,
giving you flexibility.
The main objective in printing Mainframe data is to find out what kind of a
system it is coming from, what the data type is such as ascii, AFP, etc.,
and what the network protocol is that can be sent from the mainframe or the
network server. If it is a datatype that is not supported from our printer,
there are many 3rd party software packages that we have worked with in the
past. A couple of such types are Planet Press from Objectif Lune and Elixir
software. Planet Press allows you to take ascii maniframe data and create
fancy postscript forms that allow you to dress up the data and print it to
the 9110. Elixir software can take in many types of data and then convert
it to a common printing standard such as PDF, Postscript or Tiff.
There are many options for printing from the mainframe. I would be happy to
work with your team to find the best and most appropriate solution for doing
this printing. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to
call me.
