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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Paper problems
Message-ID: <2622196f-2881.1comp.ibmpc-1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 90 18:00:05 GMT
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>Item 10369 (0 resps) by dchun at aludra.usc.edu on Tue 10 Apr 90 02:52
>[Dale Chun]    Subject: Paper problems
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>I am trying to make a double-sided printout with a 50 page document
>with an HP Laserjet series II. I print all the right-hand sides, then
>flip the stack over and attempt to print the left-hand sides. Paper
>jams and tears inside the printer and it just makes life difficult. I
>know this can be done. How you netlanders combat paper jams on side 2?

The key to doing this is in the paper you use.  Get good quality paper, and
let it cool before reinserting (it gets warm/hot in the printer).

Second, load it the first time with the grain down (curl in the downward
direction when you're holding the stack).  Ideally you want the grain to
run in the short direction of the paper, but this doesn't always happen.

Finally, use the FACE UP tray (open the back stacking tray in the printer).
Using the face-down tray is asking for trouble, as the paper has more
chances to get creased/kinked.

Once you get a crease in the paper, it WILL jam.  Nearly every time.

We print lots of forms double sided and only have a problem when we forget
these rules :-)

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