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Subject: Re: Address Labels & Envelopes
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 18:50:29 EST
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From: imagen!geof@Shasta


I routinely feed Avery brand regular (i.e., not special for laser
printers) self-adhesive removable labels through the 8/300's (LBP-CX's)
manual paper feed with no ill effects.  Try and find a gummed label
with a back side that is not heavily waxed, to minimize slipping.

I also feed envelopes through the printer.  A business envelope fits
through the manual feed slot only the long-way through, so you have to
get the printer to print the address (and return address) sideways.
Regular envelopes are a bit thick for the feeding mechanism.  I find
that they feed well if you maintain light pressure with one or two
fingers BEFORE the printer grabs the paper and starts to pull it, to
get the envelope started through the paper path.  Laser printed
envelopes look VERY official.

I've generated several scribe and Interleaf forms for generating
envelopes, business cards, and addresses.  The easiest way to get
results is just to use "language printer" (the line printer emulation)
and use your tex editor or a custom program to pad out the right number
of spaces and cr-lf's.  This still looks as good as a selectric.  In
fact, I sometimes prefer a typewriter emulation, since the fancy type
causes some recipients to thing they are getting a form (junk) letter.

For Imagen users out there, there is a document header option for the
8/300, "inputbin manual", that causes the printer to switch to manual
feed for the job and back to automatic feed for the job header and
subsequent jobs.  It is easier than playing with the printer's console
(especially if you don't have one!).  If your spooling software doesn't
know about this option, you can add it in yourself, before spooling a
"raw" file.  On unix, use:

   % echo -n "@document(inputbin manual)" | cat - filetoprint | LINEPRINTER

where the -n switch suppresses the newline at the end of the echo
command (if you don't have this switch, you can create a file with the
right thing in it, and cat that file). LINEPRINTER is your spooler
program (e.g., ipr).  Don't forget that the final ) must not be
followed by a newline, or you stand to get gibberish all over your nice,
clean envelopes.

- Geof Cooper
  Imagen