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diff --git a/_posts/2014-05-03-printing-at-muhlenberg.md b/_posts/2014-05-03-printing-at-muhlenberg.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..aa33739 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2014-05-03-printing-at-muhlenberg.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: Enhancing Printing at Muhlenberg +description: > + Avoiding frustration and wasted paper by providing remote status reporting and + logical DNS names. +--- + +A common frustration of Muhlenberg students is to print a document to a dorm +printer only to find that the printer had no paper when going to collect it. +This leads to both frustration and wasted paper, since when more paper is put +into the printer, it will print out all the queued jobs from when the tray was +empty. By that time, students have often given up and printed their document to +another printer. + +<!--more--> + +To avoid this, I created a web page that [reports the status of Muhlenberg +printers](http://mathcs.muhlenberg.edu/~bb246500/printers/). The PHP script +queries the printers to determine the status of their trays. If you’d like to +see other printers added, let me know [by email](mailto:hi@benburwell.com) or +[on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=@bburwell). + +## DNS Names + +To facilitate printing from personal computers, I created DNS records for +several printers which enable them to be configured with a logical name rather +than by IP address. Currently, the following printers/DNS names are available: + +- `trumbower48.print.muhlenberg.benburwell.com` +- `trumbower125.print.muhlenberg.benburwell.com` +- `trumbower147.print.muhlenberg.benburwell.com` |