Re: [WinMac] Re: Experiences with Print Manager Plus?

Tim Scoff(tscoff[at]pitt.edu)
Thu, 19 Aug 1999 09:22:27 -0500

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      I don't have any spare machines like you described unfortunately. I'm
supporting end users running 486/33's with 4 MB of RAM. It's unfortunate,
but we just do not have a spare computer for each printer the way you are
suggesting.
      And the reason that I'm specifying one computer for each printer is
because I'm not supporting any two printers that are in the same room, let
alone within 50 feet of each other.

      As far as pricing is concerned you're right. I can find a low end
cheap box for under $500. However I can't find one with a 3 year on site
next day warranty, 17" monitor, 128 MB of RAM, DMI compliance, an NT
Workstation license, an internal Zip drive, a PCI 10/100 NIC, and a large
hard drive. When you add all of those items into the price of a new
computer to replace an existing computer which would then be dedicated to a
single printer you come up with about $2000.
      Remember, you get what you pay for. Cheap PCs are missing many
important features in an enterprise networked environment.

--On Thursday, August 19, 1999, 8:24 AM -0500 "Daniel L. Schwartz"
<expresso@snip.net> wrote:r

>
> Tim,
>
> Your response puzzles me... Find a spare machine that has a couple of
> empty PCI slots, then plug in el cheaapo dual parallel port PCI cards.
>
> Your $2000 per PC is unrealistic: You can find basic
> PC-compatible boxes
> for under $500 apiece, especially if you look at anything other than the
> "latest and greatest."
>
> Cheers!
> Dan
>
> PS: Note the ®Copyright statement in the CC directly to you...
>
> At 10:04 PM 8/18/99 -0400, Tim Scoff wrote:
>>> From a technical standpoint you're completely correct. From a money
>> standpoint we can't afford to spend an extra $2000 on each printer. The
>> reason I'm using the $2000 figure is we'ld have to replace a P-100 that
>> is currently in use with a new computer in order to dedicate a low end
>> computer as a print server the way you're suggesting.
>>

Tim Scoff
casper@nb.net

"Trust the computer industry to shorten "Year 2000" to Y2K. It was this
kind of thinking that caused the problem in the first place."

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