PaperLess Dissertations ETD

PaperLess DissertationsPaperLess DissertationsETDETD

University of DelawareUniversity of Delaware

Anita Z. SchwartzAnita Z. Schwartz

UD PrintLess ProgramUD PrintLess Program

Spring 2002Spring 2002

Educate users to Educate users to reduce printingreduce printing

Evaluate paper useEvaluate paper use Evaluate print-Evaluate print-

management management softwaresoftware

UD PrintLess ProgramUD PrintLess Program

Fall 2002Fall 2002

Install VendPrint Install VendPrint (print release stations)(print release stations)

Educate users about Educate users about releasing print jobsreleasing print jobs

Met with student and Met with student and administration to administration to define goals of define goals of programprogram

UD PrintLess ProgramUD PrintLess Program

Spring 2003Spring 2003

Installed ID card Installed ID card readersreaders

Educate users about Educate users about releasing print jobs releasing print jobs with card readerswith card readers

Explained no fee yetExplained no fee yet Scheduled print fee Scheduled print fee

programs for Fall 2003programs for Fall 2003

UD PrintLess ProgramUD PrintLess Program

Fall 2003Fall 2003

Free printing 100 Free printing 100 pages per studentpages per student

Every 6 month Every 6 month periodperiod

Fees charged to UD Fees charged to UD FLEX accountFLEX account

.05 simplex.05 simplex.04 duplex.04 duplex

PDF (Portable Document Format)PDF (Portable Document Format)and bepress.comand bepress.com

Common standardCommon standard Adobe’s reader exists for almost all Adobe’s reader exists for almost all

platforms and is freely availableplatforms and is freely available Improve the scholarly publication Improve the scholarly publication

processprocess Reduced time between initial Reduced time between initial

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Online Submission forOnline Submission forTheses and DissertationsTheses and Dissertations

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Time, Microsoft Audio Video Interleaved, Time, Microsoft Audio Video Interleaved, MPEGMPEG

AudioAudio AIF, CD-DA, CD-ROM/XA, MIDI, MPEG-AIF, CD-DA, CD-ROM/XA, MIDI, MPEG-

2,SND, WAV2,SND, WAV

A Guide to PDF for ScholarsA Guide to PDF for Scholars

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A Guide to PDF for ScholarsA Guide to PDF for Scholars

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for fitness, implied or otherwise, of any such for fitness, implied or otherwise, of any such programsprograms

Turnoff or hide certain featuresTurnoff or hide certain features under no circumstances allowedunder no circumstances allowed

System calls to other applicationsSystem calls to other applications absolutely prohibitedabsolutely prohibited

UDThesis LayoutsUDThesis Layouts

Word – stylesWord – styles LaTeX – documentclassLaTeX – documentclass TeX – macrosTeX – macros Postscript printPostscript print

What about PDF?What about PDF?

IndirectlyIndirectly Distill Postscript to PDFDistill Postscript to PDF

TeX/LaTeX (dvips)TeX/LaTeX (dvips) Word (Generic Adobe PS print driver)Word (Generic Adobe PS print driver)

dvipdfmdvipdfm DirectlyDirectly

pdfLaTeX/TeXpdfLaTeX/TeX Word print directly to distillerWord print directly to distiller

UD Distiller?UD Distiller?

IT Computing sites have Adobe Acrobat IT Computing sites have Adobe Acrobat distiller installed on selected machinesdistiller installed on selected machines

Acrobat Distiller Server 5.0.5Acrobat Distiller Server 5.0.5 Upgrade to version 6.0Upgrade to version 6.0

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Web interface for submitting Postscript file Web interface for submitting Postscript file and returning PDFand returning PDF

Similar to Adobe service, but free for Similar to Adobe service, but free for UDUD

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