Here is a message from our friendly IT Liaison Alicia, which you can also find on her blog page at http://imusrcit.blogspot.com/.
Happy New Year, all!
Printers!
The print outsourcing has been up and running since last 7th December. If you haven't got your pin for the account yet, which is customized for every student, and you missed the dates to get it, you could always get it from the HelpDesk on the third floor, to the left of the escalator.
You would require that pin each time to log onto the printer itself to print. As our printers are linked up, students would be able to print from different learning labs, even if they've sent their print jobs from another learning lab. This would be really awesome if students on a deadline find themselves caught in a congestion of other people trying to print in one lab; they could always run over to another lab and print directly from the printer itself, eliminating the need to log onto the network and send the print job again.
Also, the earlier print rates are now incorrect, as they've been lowered to 8.5 sen per black and white page.
Welfare Meeting
During our Welfare Meeting back in November, I did attempt to bring up getting a number of FinePrint licenses for several of our computers. However, the notion was turned down as it tends to consume much memory, which would then jam up the next print jobs, as well as the fact that it is really too expensive at its USD$60.00 price, which would translate into at least RM200 per license, especially when the outsourcing company is already providing the drivers as part of the agreement.
Hence, the current system will stick to the Ricoh drivers provided by the outsourcing company.
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Just a casual reminder to students; -
Do remember to scan your USB drives that are plugged in and out of IMU computers (regardless of location of computer) and your own personal/other computers, prior and post-usage. Even when we still conduct sweeps monthly to clean off the viruses and trojans, a major number of infections still crop up due to external inputs.
Despite it being a bit of a so-called chore, it is a habit that should be exercised by students adult enough to take initiative in preventing things they don't want to happen.
Hoping everyone had a very good New Year celebration, and a blessed year of advancement ahead!
Warmest regards,
Zia Shah
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Student Representative Council
International Medical University
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