[695] in Enterprise Print Delivery Team
Re: Test printers for FSS testing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rocklyn Clarke)
Thu Nov 16 16:37:33 2000
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 00 16:01:51 EST
From: Rocklyn Clarke <RCLARKE@MIT.EDU>
To: Theresa M Regan <tregan@MIT.EDU>
Cc: r3-admin@MIT.EDU, Enterprise Print Delivery Team <PRINTDEL@MIT.EDU>
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Hi Theresa,
Thanks! Given that David wants to test from SAP, I believe that we will
need to have at least the RETIPM queue (if not both) set up in the SAP sf2,
sf5, sf8 and ps1 environments as well.
Based on what I now understand about n-up printing, we probably do
not need to have "RETIPM2UP" and "RETIPM2UP2" queues at this time. I would
still like to have a "RETIPMH" queue (as mentioned in my original email below)
however. We will set up "RETIPMH" so that files sent to it will be held on
plunder.mit.edu for further processing.
I definitely want to consider plunder.mit.edu (and eventually pillage.mit.edu -
the backup server) for nightly feeds from Moira to Windsurf. The only
problem is that I need to modify the software on plunder so that it will
understand the nightly feeds. This is definitely on my queue. I expect to
have a conversation soon with Athena Ops to get a copy of the scripts that
they run on their print servers to receive the Moira feeds. As soon as I
have completed this step and plunder is ready to take feeds from Moira I will
let you know.
Rocklyn
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On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:35:59 -0500 Theresa Regan said:
>Hi Rocklyn,
>
>RETIPM and RETIPM2 have been created in MOIRA and associated with the print
>server: plunder.mit.edu and with a little care associated with the
>hostname ret.mit.edu and that printer's LAN HW ADDR. If last night's
>processing went smoothly, they should be available now.
>
>R3-admin... I am not sure... however, do wish to mention... do we wish
>to consider "plunder.mit.edu" in the nightly feeds from moira to windsurf?
>or, will another approach be more desirable for notification in creating
>the R/3 output device for IPM?
>
>Thanks,
>Theresa
>
>
>
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>>>Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 06:17:20 -0500
>>>To: Rocklyn Clarke <RCLARKE@mit.edu>
>>>From: Theresa M Regan <tregan@MIT.EDU>
>>>Subject: Re: Test printers for FSS testing (fwd)
>>>Cc: r3-admin@mit.edu, Enterprise Print Delivery Team <PRINTDEL@mit.edu>
>>>
>>>Hi Rocklyn,
>>>
>>>After reading this e-mail, I sense, a slight time sensitivity (urgency)
>>>with the initiating/completing the print queue setups. My schedule will
>>>not allow me any time today, so, I will be planning to address this
>>>tomorrow. I do have a several observations/questions... You note the
>>>following queue requests:
>>>
>>> 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)
>>>
>>>I believe, there are several questions around "what" queues need to be
>>>set-up in MOIRA vs SAP R/3 and IPM.
>>>
>>>Example: When we first tried to direct SAP R/3 duplex print requests to
>>>the Athena Print queue, Athena had one queue and one of its characteristics
>>>was "duplex". I forget how the printcaps look exactly; however, in SAP
>>>R/3, there are two output definitions. Prior to last year APS server
>>>upgrades, we defined the duplex output device definitions in SAP R/3
>>>differently than we do today.
>>>
>>>I am wondering... do we need two queues, as we usually do? one for
>>>simplex; one for duplex and, the other functionality features are
>>>controlled / driven via the software interfaces?
>>>
>>>David is able to print 2up simplex/duplex via the existing Athena print
>>>queues for some software he uses; however, not SAP R/3 print requests,
>>>today. 2up may be available via SAP R/3 (today), not sure, it has been
>>>sometime since we did any research on this question.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Theresa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 11:25 PM 11/1/2000 -0500, Rocklyn Clarke 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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>>> >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
>>> >
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