[739] in Enterprise Print Delivery Team
Fwd: Re: IBM Print Project
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lynne E. Durland)
Mon Dec 4 09:36:46 2000
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Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 09:37:40 -0500
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From: "Lynne E. Durland" <durland@MIT.EDU>
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just for the record
Lynne
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>To: "Lynne E. Durland" <durland@mit.edu>
>From: "Andrea M. Collins" <andreab@MIT.EDU>
>Subject: Re: IBM Print Project
>
>Hi Lynne
>
>Thanks for your concise and immediate response.Very helpful to us.
>
>We understand your timeframe and the need to give the maintainers of
>InfoPrint Manager time to deal with their transition.
>
>We will be pursuing the LPR interim solution with Peter Kelley and whether
>it will work for us.
>
>Thanks again for your help.
>Andrea
>
>
>The Enterprise Print Delivery Team is currently working very hard to
>implement IBM's InfoPrint Manager to interact with kerberos for central
>printing.
>
>>We are aware of your needs and have done a preliminary test of one of
>>your mainframe forms. I did a test of x086 and was able to print a blank
>>copy of the form from InfoPrint manager. I have not gone further in the
>>testing because the Delivery team has identified other infrastructure
>>related work that needed to be completed before moving forward with the
>>testing of the so called x forms. We are also working on ensuring the
>>security of the resources required to print the x forms.
>>
>>We also have moved production mainframe printing from the IBM 3827
>>printer to a newer IBM 3160 printer which is network attachable. The
>>effort to remove the 3827 was the reason for the contact about forms. As
>>part of the "conversion" effort we needed to know what forms are still in
>>use so that the conversion team could test the forms on the new printer
>>to be sure they still looked fine.
>>
>>Our current plans for the delivery team are to "go production" towards
>>the end of December, and turn the system over to the people who will be
>>responsible for the ongoing InfoPrint Manager maintenance. We understand
>>that your new systems will be going online in January. At this point my
>>understanding is that there will be a temporary way for the print files
>>that currently go across jnet to the mainframe, to use lpr to get to the
>>mainframe. The implication here is that you will still be able to print
>>through the mainframe, and will give the maintainers of InfoPrint Manager
>>time to be sure that the move off the mainframe is as smooth and secure
>>as printing through the mainframe.
>>
>>Currently the line printers are only attachable to the
>>mainframe. Operations is looking at replacement network attachable line
>>printers that will be shareable between the mainframe and InfoPrint Manager.
>>
>>I hope this helps.
>>
>>Lynne
>>
>>
>>
>>At 10:12 AM 11/30/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hello Lynne,
>>>
>>>Peter Kelley suggested that I contact you in regards to the Enterprise
>>>Printing as it relates to MITSIS. We (SSIT) meet with Peter Kelley once a
>>>week at our regular status meetings, where he has been keeping us informed
>>>of the Enterprise Print Project. We (SSIT) are aware that some of our
>>>MITSIS users have been contacted over the past few months in regards to
>>>this project and forms that are utilized by the user on the IBM mainframe.
>>>I have done a complete inventory of all the jobs on MITSIS along with
>>>detailing the forms that each job uses. I have sent that information to
>>>both Peter Kelley and Dan Hart.
>>>Peter Kelley asked me to contact you, so that we may get involved in the
>>>project. We are actually quite anxious to get involved and are not quite
>>>sure where the process is at this point and who may be the first
>>>users/testers of the new architecture.
>>>
>>>Could you possibly provide me with any more information, specifically:
>>>Where the project is, timeframe?
>>>What can we (MITSIS) do to get on board now?
>>>
>>>Let me know your thoughts.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Andrea Collins
>>>SSIT
>>>andreab@mit.edu
>>>3-2057
Lynne E. Durland
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