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From: jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HP Desk Jet - Opinions
Summary: Sure, but it can cause problems
Keywords: paper deskjet
Message-ID: <604@aablue.UUCP>
Date: 22 Sep 89 02:33:35 GMT
References: <2379@pooh.oakhill.UUCP> <1640019@hpspcoi.HP.COM> <12887@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Reply-To: jb@aablue.UUCP (John B Scalia)
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Organization: A A Blueprint Co., Inc. - Akron, OH
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In article <12887@athertn.Atherton.COM> jimb@athertn.UUCP (Jim Burke) writes:
>In article <1640019@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>>Unfortunately I do not have that information. I found some paper
>>labelled as Deskjet paper at Frys, a local electronics store,
>>about 4 months ago.
>I have used stadard xerox copier paper, cotton bond letterhead, and
>light card stock in my deskjet with good results.  The DJ documentation
>does not recommend any special kind of paper, they only tell you not
>to use inkjet paper.  So anyone selling you deskjet specific paper is
>selling you something that HP says you don't need, and that I've found
>I have never needed.   

Let me qualify myself by saying, "Yeah, we sell this stuff, but I'm the one
who has to explain to the end-bozo :-) why it keeps screwing up his new
toy." Jim is probably right, he doesn't need special paper, but nobody could
guarantee that. Most of the reasons that a laser printer or a copier will
eat a piece of paper has to do with:

	1) the "weight" of the paper - or how thick it is
	2) the grain direction of the sheet
	3) the moisture content of the paper

On most small lasers, including the Deskjet, and some small copiers, their
paper feed assemblies have to have been added as afterthoughts. Therefore,
you have to use good quality paper in them. On Deskjets and other units
that feed their paper "sideways", that is along their 8-1/2" direction,
the paper almost always has to be labled short-grain or SG. "Normal" copier
bond papers are almost always long grain. Your pack will be or should be
labeled as to which it is.

Little machines are always pickier than big units; they can't feed heavy
cardstocks and they'll image really poor or not at all if the paper has
a lot of moisture in it. Like it or not, there are differences in paper,
and if you just buy the cheapest stuff because it is, you probably won't
be happy with its performance.

jb@aablue
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