Dear IT Administrators,

As mentioned in an email sent to the Infotech listserv on August 19, Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration (EASI) is seeking a vendor solution to replace an existing back-end print relay server called EMMA. This server was created in 1995 and processes print jobs from SAP and ROSI. As part of this project, we are helping users transition most print jobs to an existing front-end printing solution that is more effective and operates as an alternate to EMMA.

With front-end printing, the print jobs will flow via AMS SAP GUI and will be sent to printers already set up on users’ desktop machines. AMS SAP GUI users can use an alternate printer code called “LOCL” (Windows)/”LOCM” (Mac) in their print menu, and conveniently print to PDF or to their local printer. This transition to front-end printing will help to reduce costs, improve security and lessen IT administrators’ workload in setting up printing.

Please note the message below was sent to AMS SAP GUI users through the AMS listserv regarding upcoming Connect+Learn sessions and documentation provided by the Financial Advisory Services and Training (FAST) team.

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Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration (EASI) is seeking to implement a new solution to replace an outdated print relay server called EMMA. As part of this project, we are helping users transition most print jobs to an existing front-end printing solution that is more effective and operates as an alternate to EMMA. This transition to front-end printing will help to reduce costs, improve security and provide more comprehensive support.

This transition represents minimal change to business processes for departments. We recommend that users begin to use this method of printing as we will be defaulting to this option in early 2023.

Join an upcoming Connect+Learn session to learn how AMS SAP GUI users can use front-end printing to conveniently print to PDF, email PDFs or print hard copies:

Thursday, September 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Join Microsoft Teams Meeting 

Download to Calendar 

Tuesday, September 13 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Join Microsoft Teams Meeting 

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This session will discuss:

• Why this initiative is important
• How the EMMA project will make printing AMS report to PDF faster and easier
• Printing AMS reports directly to any printer
• Emailing reports
• Updating default print settings

Need help? Contact Financial Advisory Services and Training (FAST): fast.help@utoronto.ca.

Sincerely,

Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration (EASI)
Financial Advisory Services & Training (FAST)