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Re: Test printers for FSS testing (fwd)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lynne E. Durland)
Thu Nov 2 13:12:42 2000

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Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:12:38 -0500
To: Rocklyn Clarke <RCLARKE@MIT.EDU>
From: "Lynne E. Durland" <durland@MIT.EDU>
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At 12:03 PM 11/2/00 -0500, Lynne E. Durland wrote:
>Rocklyn,
>
>My request was for two print queues in SAP for FSS to use to print to 
>their own local hp printer.
>
>On the NUP printing question, I have a couple of comments.  Jeff Banta and 
>I figured out how to make it work through ipm.  There are two ways for it 
>to work,but for either option the printing HAS to happen on an IPDS 
>printer controlled by ipm, it CANNOT be a postscritp printer controlled by 
>ipm.  The two scenarios for nup printing are, the postscript coming out of 
>sap is reqired to either have absolutely no pagesize information 
>associated with it, OR when the print file is sent to ipm there is a file 
>that needs to be appended to the front of the postscript file sent to 
>ipm.  The

                                                                                                 the 
text below should read IBM not IPM

>other thing is in order for ipm to do anything with the files, they cannot 
>go to a postscript printer, they have to go to the ipm printers so that 
>the file can be ripped and transformed to alter the print to nup...........
>
>Either option for the postscript requires coding at the sap end of the 
>transaction, and since this is a lower priority than other things that 
>need to be put into production this month, I had sent mail suggesting, 
>that the nup printing be the first one tackled when the ipm is moved to 
>the production or steady state owners.
>
>Lynne
>
>At 11:25 PM 11/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi Theresa,
>>
>>Thanks for taking the time to review this earlier this evening.  Although
>>you have only had our request for a week, David actually asked us for test
>>queues on the InfoPrint Manager (IPM) server several weeks ago.  After I
>>finished speaking with you, I called him to let him know that his request
>>for test queues was now being worked on.  He reminded me of some additional
>>aspects of his request which I had forgotten, but which I will include here.
>>
>>We recognize that there are currently print queues set up in Moira for the
>>RET printer (18.18.0.203): ret (a simplex queue) and ret0 ( a duplex queue).
>>These queues are managed by FIBER.MIT.EDU.
>>
>>We want to set up 5 additional print queues to be managed by PLUNDER.MIT.EDU
>>(18.92.0.130).  I will describe them below using the symbolic name RETIPM
>>(I understand that you and your staff will determine the actual queue names):
>>
>>RETIPM         a simplex queue
>>RETIPM2        a duplex  queue
>>RETIPMH        a simplex queue (files will be held for subsequent processing)
>>RETIPM2UP      a simplex queue (files will be printed 2up and simplex)
>>RETIPM2UP2     a duplex  queue (files will be printed 2up and duplex)
>>
>>We want these queues defined in Moira as well as in the following SAP
>>environments: sf2, sf5, sf8 and ps1.
>>
>>Please let me know if you have any questions about this request.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Rocklyn
>>
>>
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>>To: r3-admin@MIT.EDU
>>From: "Lynne E. Durland" <durland@MIT.EDU>
>>Subject: Test printers for FSS testing
>>Cc: printdel@MIT.EDU, debbie@MIT.EDU, msprague@MIT.EDU, davidsoa@MIT.EDU
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>>Greetings,
>>
>>I am writing to request two printers be set up in the sf2, sf5, sf8 and ps1
>>environments.
>>
>>These printers will be used by FSS for testing of printing through IPM.
>>
>>The printer names we would like set up are:
>>
>>RET1
>>RET2
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>Lynne
>>
>>Lynne E. Durland
>>Information Systems
>>Database Services
>>W91-109
>>O: 617-258-5857
>>C: 617-293-8091
>>B: 617-430-8762
>>H: KB1FEM
>>
>>   "The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change
>>everything.....or nothing."
>>
>>                                                                  Lady Nancy
>>Astor
>
>Lynne E. Durland
>Information Systems
>Database Services
>W91-109
>O: 617-258-5857
>C: 617-293-8091
>B: 617-430-8762
>H: KB1FEM
>
>  "The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change 
> everything.....or nothing."
>
>                                                                 Lady 
> Nancy Astor

Lynne E. Durland
Information Systems
Database Services
W91-109
O: 617-258-5857
C: 617-293-8091
B: 617-430-8762
H: KB1FEM

  "The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change 
everything.....or nothing."

                                                                 Lady Nancy 
Astor


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