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From: anderson@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Jess Anderson, MACC)
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Subject: Re: Curling paper from laser printers
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Date: 31 Dec 88 23:35:53 GMT
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I use a LaserWriter II (NTX, but I assume NT's the same in 
this regard).  One thing we make in it is masters that will 
be mass reproduced in a Xerox 9500 or similar copier.

For a while we used plain copier paper in the laser 
printers, but the curling was a problem, and the image was
a bit mushy (absorbency, I supposed).  Then we tried a paper
made for laser printing, Hammermill Laser-Plus.  We got very
little curling (not zero, but *much* better) and a *much*
shaper image, plus better contrast (it has optical 
whiteners, I think) and more even toner distribution 
(blacker blacks in large areas).  

So I thought we had that one licked and we bought about
10 cases.  *Then* we found out that its smoothness and
thinness (though it was 20 lb substance) was misfeeding
in the Xerox machines, and this problem we could not
eliminate even with adjusting the press.

At the moment, we are sacrificing the obviously improved
quality to avoid increasing production costs by a large 
factor.  We're using up the Hammermill Laser Plus by using
it for work prints, program listings, and the like.

If someone has gone this route and found a better solution,
I love to hear about it.

==Jess Anderson===Academic Computing Center=====Univ. Wisconsin-Madison=====
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