[committee] Printing stuff for LCA

[Sam Moore]

For the record, they had a printer. So if Neon and/or Phosphorous disappear, it means someone stole them. Also Phosphorous needs toner and doesn't seem to receive any data from Midshipman anyway.

[SZM]

On Saturday, January 4, 2014 17:51 WST, Frames <oxinabox at ucc.asn.au> wrote: 
 
> 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.
> 
> 
> [*OX]
> 
> 
> 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
> >
>