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From: casseres@apple.com (David Casseres)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Imagewriter II smashes 1st line of output
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Date: 15 Dec 89 18:14:40 GMT
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In article <30009@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> feldy@kona.cs.ucla.edu writes:
> Using an Imagewriter II ... first line of the
> first print job to the printer is almost always compressed and nearly
> illegible.

Sounds like a special version of a more general problem involving squished 
lines about an inch from the top of the paper.  The general problem occurs 
when pin-feed paper is used, and the top edge of a page (or the 
perforation) interacts with the pinch-rollers on the paper bail, causing 
the paper to buckle slightly at about one inch from the top.  In this 
case, if you only notice it on the first job, try just making sure that 
you position the paper exactly right when you load it (top edge or 
perforation right at the pinch rollers) and try to tug the paper a bit to 
take out slack.

Another thing to try is a different brand or weight of paper.

The best treatment for the problem, though, is to buy and use the 
sheet-feeder accessory.  The reason this helps is that you clamp the 
platen when you use it, and the paper is pulled through by the platen 
instead of being pushed by the pinwheels.  The paper is held at a point 
much closer to the pinch rollers, and so it has much less tendency to 
buckle.

You can get the same advantage by using hand-fed sheets, for what it's 
worth.

David Casseres

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