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From: thisted@galton.uchicago.edu (Ronald A. Thisted)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Help wanted with printing envelopes on a LaserWriter
Summary: Pre-process the envelopes
Keywords: Envelopes, LaserWriter
Message-ID: <4142@tank.uchicago.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 89 15:49:50 GMT
References: <12123@nswitgould.OZ>
Reply-To: thisted@galton.uchicago.edu (Ronald A. Thisted)
Organization: Dept of Statistics, Univ of Chicago
Lines: 27

In article <12123@nswitgould.OZ> gregw@nswitgould.OZ (Greg Webb) writes:
 [ description of paper-jam problems trying to feed envelopes through
   a laserwriter.]

I have a pair of LWIINTs that both jam frequently when I feed envelopes
through.  The solution I have found that, for me, is 100% reliable is
this:  Take the envelope, lay it flat on the desk face up, and then use
the side of a smooth-barrelled pen to flatten the
front edge and adjacent corners that will be fed into the feeder.  The
picture below shows the area I flatten in heavier "ink".

	-----------------=====+
	                      #
	                      #      -----> direction of feed
	                      #
	                      #
	-----------------=====+

I have never had an accordion envelope after having done this; otherwise
my success rate is about 10%.  For doing large number of envelopes this
is not a problem for me, since I can flatten and feed faster than the LW
can print.


Ron Thisted
Department of Statistics/The University of Chicago
thisted@galton.uchicago.edu