[committee] Printing stuff for LCA
Frames
oxinabox at ucc.asn.au
Sat Jan 4 17:51:14 WST 2014
Neon, is unwell atm.
Keeps paper jamming. That may because its paper is low. But we have no
paper to refill it, as we donated out (small) unused paper to LCA.
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On 4/01/2014 5:21 PM, Sam Moore wrote:
> This sounds like a good idea. I'm not actually sure how much toner
> Phosphorous has left, but I'm willing to try and set this up tomorrow
> morning.
>
>
> On 04/01/14 17:09, Harry McNally wrote:
>> Hi Sam
>>
>> I had an idea for a vol task that can be done autonomously with bits
>> of computer detritis around UCC; tell me what you think..
>>
>> There has been a fair bit of angst from delegates on the lca [chat]
>> list because they got on a plane and -then- got an email saying they
>> needed to print their lca boarding pass to paper in order to
>> register. There is a alternative way to register that hasn't been
>> designed for efficiency that (I think) requires some ID and "physical
>> person auth" to register.
>>
>> Most people that haven't got a dead tree boarding pass -do- have a
>> copy in an email on their laptops. Can we set up, in the registration
>> area, a self serve printing kiosk with the sole purpose of printing
>> boarding passes. I had the notion is could be a network printer
>> (hopefully with DHCP) or a PC and parallel printer (whatever)
>> attached to a 24port switch with a swarm of cat5 cables hanging out
>> that people can just plug-and-print. This means some negotiation of
>> picking up the right piece of paper but I'm sure people can figure
>> that out.
>>
>> If you think it's do-able, I'd suggest asking Luke John if it's
>> workable.
>> And I'm also assuming UCC has a mono or colour printer with enough
>> toner to print maybe 100 to 200 of the boarding passes.
>>
>> If Luke says go, as soon as you have a tested solution I can email
>> onto [chat] saying "remain calm and don't try to serch out a printer
>> .. we'll have this system [description ..]"
>>
>> Anyway, I'm down at TAVNOC tomorrow if you are going. I know there
>> will be -plenty- to do tomorrow since I did drop in in the morning to
>> chat to Jason about the AV setup and ended up measuring some cable
>> lengths etc. I know there is a -lot- of config and installation to do
>> for the AV and some vol work is just remaining in the room if another
>> person needs to dash back to TAVNOC for a missing item (we can't get
>> back into the room unless someone stays put and also to guard the
>> gear during setup and test. But I'm ure there is a lot more besides
>> to be done.
>>
>> See you tomorrow if you can make it :-)
>> Harry
>
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