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From: mcguffey@muvms1.bitnet (Michael McGuffey)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Printing USPS post cards on a laser
Message-ID: <2991@muvms1.bitnet>
Date: 15 May 89 19:49:27 GMT
Organization: Marshall University
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We have a user interested in printing "post cards" on a laser printer.
Either a DEC LPS40 (8 cards per 11x17 sheet) or Apple LW NTX (4 cards
per 8.5 x 11 sheet) will be used.  I'm wondering about the following
items:

1.  PRINTING ON HEAVIER WEIGHT PAPER.  A local offset printer uses 32lb 
paper for post cards, and the US Postal Service requires that the paper 
be .007 inch thick.  Can the above printer engines print on paper that 
thick/heavy?

2.  TWO-SIDED PRINTING.  The user wants to print an address on one side
of the card and mail-merge style message on the reverse side.  Other
than the front-to-back and sheet-to-sheet alignment, what problems
will we run into printing on both sides?

Does anyone have experience with this sort of thing?  Are there any
other caveats?

Thanks,
-- michael
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