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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: laser printers and heavy paper
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Date: 18 Aug 90 17:12:54 GMT
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In article <1485@chinacat.Unicom.COM> woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @
>Don't even think about trying to run TEXTURED business card stock
>or 90 lb/110 lb textured paper through the laser.  The paper will go
>through fine, but if it is say a linen weave style paper, the toneer
>WILL NOT BE FUSED down in the "valleys" of the texture.  

Running ANY textured paper can ba a problem, depending how aggressive the
texture pattern is.  The output may (usually does) look very good.  But,
when the paper is stressed the unfused toner starts flaking & popping off
the paper.  This is particularly embarassing when you make a nice resume,
fold it, mail it, and your prospective employer gets a resume with words
missing, characters damaged, and black dandriff.  When in doubt, I try the 
smallest characters (for text) I intend to use, then fold the paper over the
character string.  If it survives a folding and unfolding, then it should
be ok.  You also MAY go ahead and use it anyway, if you are carefull to line
up your folds, etc so they don't fall over the  fragile output.
al