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- From: dholmes@netcom.com (Dennis Holmes)
- Subject: Re: LaserWriter LS - Paper Curls
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.012837.21543@netcom.com>
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- References: <1993Jan21.171908.28821@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1993Jan22.005501.10629@blaze.cs.jhu.edu> <1jnhrcINNgsa@overload.lbl.gov> <1993Jan23.104909.11141@reed.edu> <zisk-260193131608@macne033.boston.us.adobe.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:28:37 GMT
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- zisk@adobe.com (Stephen Zisk) writes:
-
- >I missed the start of this thread, so feel free to flame me if I miss
- >the point. One problem you might check is the paper. The fusing roller
- >(run by an ordinary heating element, *not* the low-power imaging laser)
- >has to get the paper/toner very hot to melt the toner. If you are using
- >cheap paper with high moisture content, the moisture will be driven out
- >and the paper will curl a lot. If you switch to "higher grade" or
- >copier-rated paper, it will not curl much. The LS uses the same Canon
- >engine as lots of other 4 PPM printers (Laserwriter NTR, HP LJIIIP,
- >DEClaser 1152, etc), and is a reliable engine. I have one on my desk
- >and have no curl problems at all.
-
- Specifically, what kind of paper do you use? I have Xerox 4200 DP 20 lb.,
- and it was around $2.50/ream I think, about the cheapest I could find. The
- label bills it as "the most versatile paper you can use, from copying to
- electronic printing." Sounds pretty copier-rated to me. As I said in
- another ravel of this thread, I have curl problems which are mostly
- tolerable but still a little annoying. The highly rated, more expensive,
- and coated (as I discovered after purchase) "laser paper" would form itself
- into a tube after printing. I found it completely unsuitable for its
- advertised purpose and returned it.
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