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From: esf00@uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ImageWriter II Sheet Feeder
Message-ID: <6btk018x4bLf00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 27 Mar 91 21:05:17 GMT
References: <1991Mar25.190248.24891@athena.mit.edu>
Reply-To: esf00@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank)
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In article <1991Mar25.190248.24891@athena.mit.edu> samalone@athena.mit.edu (Stuart A. Malone) writes:
>
>1. Does it reliably feed single sheets, or do sheets tend to stick together
>   and get jammed in the printer?  How often do jams occur?
>
Yes. I haven't had any problem with double feeding of 20 lb no-name "laser
paper" in two years of use. I haven't tried many different weights to see
if the mechanism (gravity + friction) is sensitive to paper weight. I have
fed "laser label" sheets through it with no ill effects. It is sturdy
enough to have survived two years of being used as a cat bed with no ill
effects.
>
>2. Do certain kinds of paper work better than others?
>
Answer above.
>
>3. Is is easily removable for times when I must use pin-fed paper, like
>   pin-fed checks?
>
Yes, it's easily removable. Lift up, snap together, a few tugs, and it's
off. A thump and a click, and it's on. My biggest problem is finding where
I last left the instruction card to make sure I didn't f*** anything up.
I converted to sheet-feed checks ("laser checks") available from Deluxe
(and other vendors) rather than hassle with pin-feed. MYM supports the
sheet-fed checks no problem. My half-box of pin-feed paper was last seen
under one of the cats . . .
>
>4. Can I use "laser labels" in my ImageWriter once I have a sheet feeder?
>
See above.


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