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Today, I finally figured out how to make my ubuntu laptop print to a Sharp MX-4501N workgroup copier. It was hell.

Basically, you need to get the .ppd from sharp - that part is easy. Then, if like my office, yours bases everything off of the 'user number' in the windows, you'll need to add this little bit to the .ppd before install. I put it right before all of the %== constraints lists and options.

*% **** Account number
*JCLOpenUI *JCLMXaccount/numero: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 80 JCLSetup *JCLMXaccount
*DefaultJCLMXaccount: A#####
*JCLMXaccount A#####/#####: "@PJL SET ACCOUNTNUMBER=<22>#####<22><0A>"
*JCLCloseUI: *JCLMXaccount

Make ##### your user number. You can probably change numero to number, but, I pulled this off of a spanish site, it works, and I'd prefer not to mess with it.

So, a little side project that I have been working on:

Overview -
I work in the theater industry, doing the job of a technical director. It's along the lines of a construction site foreman, with not enough staff, materials, or time - all in all, a lot of fun :) That said, tracking things like the budget and payroll are time consuming tasks that I just don't want to spend the time on. So, I came up with a better way. I call it TDTrac:

TDTrac is a web based show budget and payroll hours tracker, built by a ...

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Today, I installed the windows 7 on my office computer - a few first impressions:

• Installation Process

  GOOD

  • Overall, good. Installation was reasonably quick. Disk partitioner was easy to use, although as an advanced user I would have prefered a little more information. NTFS now defaults to quick format, and in the age of SMART hard drives, this is obviously the way to go. I believe the machine only rebooted 3 times before I was in the operating system (and complete). Bonus: picked up the correct display settings reasonably early in the process. The one downside of note was the ...

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1. Yes, that's snow. It does that here
2. Yes, it makes it harder to drive
3. No, your little VW bug will not make it up the 30degree brick incline
4. Yes, I assure you, my little S-10 will. Please move
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So, things are going pretty well. The new host is set up pretty well. So far:

Web Server w/ Vhosts	DONE
Secure (https) Admin Site	DONE
SSH Server locked down to pubkey only	DONE
Synchronet reinstalled.	DONE
Postfix configured to forward local mail to google apps	DONE
Google apps cnames, spf, mx and such installed	DONE
Backup script using offsite storage	DONE
Logrotation scripts installed	DONE
IRC Bouncer installed	DONE
IRC Bot installed	DONE
Firewall installed	DONE

Of course, before I forget, the adventures in BBSing continue. My synchronet install is up and running again, better than ever. You can ...

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