Agreed. Once setup, it should be completely automated. You could dump the data from wherever the class schedules are held and run this daily with no manual intervention.
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Print Server suggestions But, the print queues should live on, and it's then only a matter of getting the spreadsheet and running the update once per semester. On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:33, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, doable in theory, but you'd have to repeat every semester, or worse, if > on a "block" schedule, every handful of weeks. > > Not my idea of fun, but then again I'm not managing the IT infrastructure of > an education environment... > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > [email protected] > www.eaglemds.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:30 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Print Server suggestions > > Complicated, but doable in theory: > > Set up print queues based on time for each printer - a series of eight > one-hour slots. Grant permissions for each print queue by group. Put > students in their respective groups. > > It would take some scripting to make happen in any kind of reasonable > fashion, but once set up should be fairly manageable. IT would require > a CSV file or something like it to have a list of students with room > assignments and times from which to populate the permissions groups. > > For each printer there will be a minimum of eight print queues, > assuming that that lunch isn't allowed for printing and that teachers > and staff have a separate, unlimited, ability to print to a given > printer. > > Kurt > > On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 12:18, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tell me how security permissions could solve the following problem. I'm >> interested, it's academic now, but I'm still interested. >> >> Student schedule >> 8:00-8:50 Room A15 >> 9:00-9:50 Room B12 >> 9:50-10:50 Room C19 >> 10:50-11:50 Room A12 >> 11:50-12:30 Lunch >> 12:40-1:30 Room A16 >> 1:40-2:30 Room A10 >> 2:40-3:30 Room A08 >> >> Limit student's schedule to allow printing in the room specified for >> only the period specified. Multiply by 1200 students. >> >> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > When I worked in a high school, an advantage to not using a print server >>> > at >>> > the time (NT 4 and Win 2000) was the fact that I could localize printing >>> > to >>> > the room the computer is in very easily, by limiting which printers were >>> > installed on the computer. To my knowledge, there isn't anyway to do >>> > that >>> > with a Windows print server and printer sharing. >>> >>> Security permissions? >>> >>> -- Ben >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> >> >> >> >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is CONFIDENTIAL > and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to view, copy, > disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This electronic message > may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. It is > intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity named as > recipients in the message. If you are not an intended recipient of this > message, please notify the sender immediately and delete this material from > your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this message, and do not > disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on the information that > it contains. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
