Reading Room Printer is OUT OF ORDER

ATTN Community Members---

The printer in the Reading Room (UNIV-3-069) is out of order.

Basically, the Maintenance Kit needs to be replaced.

We have ordered more, and will have it up and running ASAP.

You will still be able to print, but you will need to send the print to the Training Room.  To do so, when it asks which printer you wish to send the print, simply select UNIV-3-084  (it will be on the drop-down of other installed printers).

If you are unsure how to do this, you may also visit the Training Room (which is around the corner from the Reading Room) on the 3^rd Floor of University Hall.

IF YOU HAVE SENT A PRINT THAT DID NOT COME OUT and would like a REFUND for your print job…

1)  LOGIN to your Print Account by visiting:   http://lesley.edu/ut/payforprint

2)  Select TRANSACTION HISTORY….

3)  Then send an email to UT@LESLEY.EDU with the subject line “PRINT REFUND”
         Copy and Paste the exact PRINT HISTORY that you would like refunded…
         Be sure to include:
         the document name,

the COST,

the # of Pages

time/date of the print

*this goes for any future refund requests too.

PRINTER SERVER UPGRADES--- PRINTING IS DISABLED

PRINT SERVICES OFFLINE

UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Howdy, folks---

In case you haven't been following our Twitter, all print services are currently disabled for our classrooms.
We are slowly bringing them back online.

Please stay tuned!

In the meantime, you can check your print balances by visiting our new user interface:
http://lesley.edu/ut/payforprint
*which is accessible by on-campus only!

Thanks for your patience!


-- LesleyLabs

NEW COLOR LASER PRINTER IN INFOCOMMONS!

ATTENTION--- We have installed a new Color Printer in the Information Commons…

To use it---

FROM WINDOWS:

Select File, then Print

In the Printer Name Drop-down box, select \\printsrv-main\DOBLE-INFO-COLOR

FROM MacOS:

Select File, then Print

In the Printer Name Drop-down box, select DOBLE-INFO-COLOR

That’s it! 

If you've ever printed on-campus, the rest is exactly the same.  Just enter your username and password;  Check your balance by visiting:  http://lesley.edu/ut/payforprint. (MUST BE ONCAMPUS)

The cost is $0.50/page
*but there’s no 2-sided printing, so beware!

Print Statistics @ Lesley University...

I'll try not to blow your mind, folks...

We have been using the PaperCut Pay-for-Print system at Lesley since the Fall 2009.

The Pay-for-Print @ Lesley is not a scheme to steal your money...  In fact, we are simply trying to track your usage so that we can better provide materials for you and alleviate some of the operational costs associated with those materials.

Looking at printing on the Cambridge Campuses alone for the last year, we get some interesting statistics...

Fall 2010 ----  August 23, 2010 to date (November 10, 2010)

Total pages:   77,151

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Spring 2010 ----  January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010

Total pages:  140,930

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Fall 2009 ----  August 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009

Total pages:  73,751

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Pretty neat, huh?

Labs Coordinator AKA, the documaster

Sorry, I haven't been posting lately.
I've been working diligently on my next "big" project...

So, check this out.
We get all kinds of reports that our classroom technology documentation is out-dated. I'm in the right mind to agree.
I mean, check these docs out:

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Pros:

• Each booklet has a corresponding room#.
• Each booklet is detailed enough to demonstrate how to use the black boxes.
• Diagrams are pretty low-quality, and don't explain much.

Cons:

• No one reads them.
• They are often misplaced or thrown away.
• No Windows/Mac Configuration, only blackbox operation.
• Full-sentence/full-paragraph Text-heavy (seriously, who does this anymore?)
• Paper degrades, gets torn, turns yellow.

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SO...
This year, I am taking the initiative to draft new classroom documentation that is/has:

1. More universal (can be applied across the board)
2. Explains more conceptually how projection works (outlining basic input-  output- logic)
3. Digital copies (via helpcenter or UT website)  -downloadable & printable
4. Better looking (using infographics, some nice typefaces, and decent photos)...

So far, I have drafted a template for my cohort to use in assisting me...

I have also finished the "Black Box" poster which should be laminated and posted in the inside door of the black boxes to provide a quick, visual how-to and identification card.

Voila---:

For all of you designers out there... it's a combination Frutiger Std Light and Myriad Pro.
We had to make it a little more approachable and less wordy.
You can download the PDF file here:    BlackBox Identification Guide

More to come!

Temp Printer Installed at AIB Library.

For some reason, AIB-Library via PrintSrv-AIB has gone down..
I'm pretty certain that the problem is on the printer itself as the server seems to be configured just fine, but is not able to communicate.

Service has been called-in on it, but in the meantime, the Academic Computing Department has offered to bring one down from their area.

Because the networks are different, the server needs to be reconfigured to point print jobs to the new printer.

I solved this issue, but the workstations need to be reconfigured to print to the new printer address.

Like dominoes.
Falling into place.

Pay-for-Print Preliminary Tests

I drafted these diagrams to explain how some of the new pay-for-print systems would operate in our print environment...
I'm not going to get into explanations now, but here are the highlights:

Warning: The content on this post was written while Richard Phung, the Labs & Classrooms Coordinator, held the title of Computer Lab Technician at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.... the content expressed here is out of date, at best.

Before pay-for-print

PaperCut

I ended up using the schematics above to configure the pay-for-print systems that went into place in Fall 2009.