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From: vera@cadence.com (Vera Vallentin-Price)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Paper problems
Message-ID: <1990Apr10.234810.7689@cadence.com>
Date: 10 Apr 90 23:48:10 GMT
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In article <9014@chaph.usc.edu> dchun@aludra.usc.edu () writes:
>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?
>Thanks.
>			...dale


It helps to fan the paper before re-inserting it into the paper bin
(the paper get staticki from the first pass). After that, take the
stack and roll it against the curl (most papers are curled in the
long direction, which tends to get the leading two edges of the
paper getting stuck. Lay down the stack on a flat surface and look
at it. If the top sheets still curl do some more rolling and bending.

The newer laser printer paper has fewer problems with this because
it is cut in the opposite grain direction (less curl). It's a little
more expensive but well worth it.

Vera.