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From: ralph@cbnewsj.att.com (Ralph Brandi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Two questions about KiwiEnvelopes
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.031205.1460@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 03:12:05 GMT
References: <1033@greeley.alc.com>
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Middletown, New Jersey
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In article <1033@greeley.alc.com> chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) writes:

>I've been considering buying KiwiEnvelopes, but I have two simple questions
>I'd like to ask first.

>2)  How well does it work with a TI PS-35 laser printer?  One problem I've
>    had using other envelope printers (in particular, the one on Sumex-AIM,
>    whatever it's called) is that the TI feeds envelopes through the opposite
>    side of the manual feed slot than most other printers (particularly the
>    Apple printers), and some programs can't deal with this; they assume that
>    the envelope either feeds down the center of the paper path, or down the
>    same side as on the Apple printers, and make no provision for envelopes
>    fed down the other side.

KiwiEnvelopes has the same problem.  I've tried using the demo with
my QMS PS-410, which has the same problem.  In order to use it, you
have to have a version of the LaserWriter driver that supports
edge-fed envelopes as a page size in the Page Setup dialog.  I
called Kiwi about this, and they said that QMS had hacked the driver
to support the page size.  Called QMS and they sent us a copy.  As
it happens, I believe the newest drivers from Apple support the page
size now, since the release of the Personal LaserWriter NT, which
has the same "feature".  Try using driver version 6.0.2 (comes with
System 6.0.7) or 6.1 (comes with one of the TrueType files available
on apple.com).  If that fails, call TI.

Me, I was relatively happy with the Kiwi demo for small jobs, but I
wound up setting up a template in MS Word to mail merge envelopes
from the same source we're using for a bunch of form letters.  Kiwi
promised to address the issue of "wrong-feeding envelopes" in their
next update, probably in a few months.  When they do, I intend to
purchase it.
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