RE: Looking for an AS/400 printer "boot camp"

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

Hey, I LIKE Aruba...used to live there...NICE place, good people...but the 
stupid things tourists do will just amaze you!  And, yes, I intentionally 
included DC and Baltimore in that list...some things one just should know 
not to do...

Don in DC

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At 03:48 PM 6/26/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> That is pretty cold Don.
>
> Bruce "Hoss" Collins
> IBM Certified Specialist - eServer i5 iSeries System Administrator V5R3
> Cisco Certified Network Associate
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> > Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 3:10 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Looking for an AS/400 printer "boot camp"
> >
> >
> > Well,
> >
> > speaking of the Caribean...  Aruba's a nice place unless you're a
> stupid
> > coed from Alabama that doesn't know not to go partying alone at 4
> > a.m.....Something that one should probably not do in downtown DC or
> > Baltimore either....
> >
> > Now, back to business - Start with the Redbooks on Printing - they're
> > really great.  Also, there's a "Sampler" available from the Boulder
> > printer
> > folks that is really good with sample code snippets, etc...
> >
> > Don in DC
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------
> >
> > At 02:37 PM 6/26/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Greetings:
> > >
> > >I am on a Quest. I seek something like a "printer boot camp" that
> would
> > >cover every known AS/400 ... i Series ... Series i ... printing
> issue,
> > >from configuration through management to "we have to have this label
> to
> > >ship, and we need it NOW" troubleshooting. I deal with 4234 dot
> matrix
> > >dinosaurs, thermal barcode label printers, all the way to color laser
> > >printers every day, not always as successfully as I would like. On
> too
> > >many occasions I fix something and have no idea what I just did. The
> idea
> > >of setting up a brand new TYPE of printer, not one I can clone from
> > >something we already have, makes me twitch because it means becoming
> an
> > >indentured servant to an IBM manual for two days.
> > >
> > >The ideal situation would be a whole week spent somewhere that a
> person
> > >would actually like to be, like the Caribbean. About 7 hours a day in
> the
> > >computer lab and the same snorkeling might be good. Snowshoeing in
> Banff
> > >(where inkjets output in colour) could be nice, too.
> > >
> > >Anyway, the method of delivery (and, unfortunately, the location) are
> > >highly negotiable. The key qualification is that the training must
> cover
> > >the topic in depth.
> > >
> > >Darrell
> > >
> > >Darrell A. Martin  -  754-2187
> > >Manager, Computer Operations
> > >dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > >
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