Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!umd5!zben From: zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Printing USPS post cards on a laser Summary: On LW II you can get a straight paper path Message-ID: <4903@umd5.umd.edu> Date: 16 May 89 17:51:33 GMT References: <2991@muvms1.bitnet> Reply-To: zben@umd5.umd.edu (Ben Cranston) Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 37 In article ron@ron.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: > ... In the Laserwriter the paper makes a very tight turn coming out of > the tray which the cardstock can't do. ... The LaserwriterII's may be > slightly better than this, as the paper from the tray and the manual > feeder follow the same path. What is perhaps more important, on the II you can open the back and get a straight paper path through the machine so the paper does not have to take that tight bend. This made all the differance in the world in trying to laser print onto stickon label stock. Using manual feed on the LW II (with MDQS Ron! :-) I can reliably print to 33 per page 1 x 2.75" mailing labels and 9 per page 2 x 2.75" minifloppy labels. With the proviso that Ron speaks of: you cannot print the little strips of space where the printer will not print. This has not been a problem for me. I used MacDraw to make a template of where the label borders are. I move the text or graphics to where I want them. My last step before printing is to delete the template (a single "grouped" item). I then use the "f-key" trick to get a postscript file and a locally developed file send program to send the file into the printer queue. I always arrange for a header page that says Load Label Stock, so I just manual feed one paper and if it is my job I can manual feed the label stock at that point. Gotchas: If you're doing graphics use the Precision Bitmap Alignment option to avoid aliasing due to the 288/300 dot mismatch. In any case use the Larger Print Area option to reduce the size of the unprintable bounds. These options will affect your templates, so build them with the options on. Some label stock is asymmetrical, so make sure you manual feed it consistently. -- Copyright 1987 Ben Cranston (you may redistribute ONLY if your recipients can). umd5.UUCP <= {seismo!mimsy,ihnp4!rlgvax}!cvl!umd5!zben zben @ umd2.UMD.EDU Kingdom of Merryland UniSys 1100/92 umd2.BITNET "via HASP with RSCS"