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From: smargari@nmsu.edu (Susan Margarit)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Label printing on a DeskWriter
Message-ID: <SMARGARI.91Jun9223706@emmy.nmsu.edu>
Date: 10 Jun 91 04:37:06 GMT
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In-reply-to: ron_b@apollo.hp.com's message of 7 Jun 91 11:32:22 GMT

>I would just like to confirm something.. I read here recently that
>someone was printing labels on their DeskWriter (at least I *think*
they
>said DW). They were using Avery #5270 (this number may be wrong, I
have
>it at home..). I looked up in an office supply catalog to find
they're
>labels especially used for _laser_printers. From my experience, laser
>printers had a problem with labels because of their heat fusion.
>The problem with the DeskWriter is its 180 degree turn (which tends
to
>peel the labels off the sheet).
 
>I'd just like confirmation (before I go out and buy cases of 'em)
that
>the original poster(s) were printing on DW, not LW..


the catalog # is 5260 not 5270 and it claims on the cover that is now
works in the HP DESKJET (aka DeskWriter). I have not used mine yet but
others have confirmed that it works.

Jim (aka Susan) Margarit