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Sample Implementation Plan
Note
The following checklist contains many of the major tasks that must be
performed before and during printer installation. Use this checklist as a basis
for developing your own detailed implementation plan.
Also, note that the tasks you need to perform depend on whether or not you are
already running Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) programs.
Step One–Identify Team and Plan Layout
1. Identify the people who can prepare the physical site, identify and test
required software, and configure the host systems. Make sure to plan for
the printer and the attachment you use to connect it to your host system.
2. Order the printer including optional features you require, such as extra
memory.
3. Order any cabling, lines, equipment, or software you require for the
attachment you use to connect the printer to your host system.
4. Order the IBM Advanced Function Presentation licensed programs required
for your system. If you already use IBM Advanced Function Presentation
licensed programs, make sure they are at the service level required to
support the printer.
5. Make sure the host operating system is at the level required to support the
Advanced Function Presentation licensed programs and their updates.
6. Determine which printer resolution will be used and make sure the host
library resources (fonts, page segments, overlays, FORMDEFs, and
PAGEDEFs) are compatible with the printer resolution you select.
7. Prepare a plan for selecting and testing forms for use with the printer.
8. Determine the location for the printer and arrange for any changes to the
site.
9. Identify the internal delivery route for the printer
10. Prepare a space layout plan.
11. Determine who will install the electrical wiring and outlets.
12. Create a conversion plan for line-printer data and electronic overlays.
13. Prepare a plan for creating, converting, and testing applications that will be
used with the printer
Step Two–Review Plans, Order Supplies, and Prepare Site
1. Review installation plans with the IBM installation planning representative.
2. Order initial supplies for the printer.
3. Make sure attachment hardware is on order.
4. Schedule the installation of lines and equipment required for the
attachment.
5. Schedule the installation of electrical wiring and outlets.
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