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thoman
Well, I made the extremely frustrating mistake of trying to
use a LaserJet 2200d to address Christmas card envelopes.
Though the printer works fine with other (cheap) envelopes
in both business and personal sizes, it "jammed" on nearly every one
of the Christmas card envelopes. I put "jammed" in quotes because
I never saw any evidence of jamming: not the slightest crease, dent,
nor tear. Yet, time after time, the printer halted in mid-print
and I had to open it, pull out the toner cartridge, lift out the
perfectly aligned envelope that had been nicely marked but not yet
fused, put things back together, feed a sheet of paper since the
printer automatically reprints after a jam, and then go through
the whole process again for the next envelope.
The troublesome envelopes were between the sizes of other
envelopes that work fine, and seemed to be of better-quality and
slightly thicker (but not very thick) paper. They were reasonably
flat and undistorted (again, better than my cheap envelopes that
work). The flaps were chamfered all the way to the top, minimizing
one possible opportunity for jamming. I have complete confidence,
based on past experience, that there would have been no problem
using my former LaserJet III for these.
The printer was operating in simplex mode, so there
wasn't some problem with trying to get envelopes to go through the
duplexing paths. The envelopes didn't get that far, anyway.
Does anyone know of anything that might soothe the savage
printer? Since the printer works fine with both smaller and
larger envelopes made of seemingly-cheaper paper, I'm left
thoroughly puzzled. I don't look forward to repeating this debacle
next year.
Oh, by the way, I fused the toner on the printed-but-not-
yet-fused envelopes by toasting them (yes, in my toaster) for 10
seconds.
WARNING: Do not burn your house down by sticking envelopes or
other flammable things into your toaster. If you do such things
despite the obvious danger, first make sure the toaster's plug
is easily accessible and away from the toaster housing so that
you can yank the power in case of trouble. Having a dry chemical
fire extinguisher on hand would be a good idea.
use a LaserJet 2200d to address Christmas card envelopes.
Though the printer works fine with other (cheap) envelopes
in both business and personal sizes, it "jammed" on nearly every one
of the Christmas card envelopes. I put "jammed" in quotes because
I never saw any evidence of jamming: not the slightest crease, dent,
nor tear. Yet, time after time, the printer halted in mid-print
and I had to open it, pull out the toner cartridge, lift out the
perfectly aligned envelope that had been nicely marked but not yet
fused, put things back together, feed a sheet of paper since the
printer automatically reprints after a jam, and then go through
the whole process again for the next envelope.
The troublesome envelopes were between the sizes of other
envelopes that work fine, and seemed to be of better-quality and
slightly thicker (but not very thick) paper. They were reasonably
flat and undistorted (again, better than my cheap envelopes that
work). The flaps were chamfered all the way to the top, minimizing
one possible opportunity for jamming. I have complete confidence,
based on past experience, that there would have been no problem
using my former LaserJet III for these.
The printer was operating in simplex mode, so there
wasn't some problem with trying to get envelopes to go through the
duplexing paths. The envelopes didn't get that far, anyway.
Does anyone know of anything that might soothe the savage
printer? Since the printer works fine with both smaller and
larger envelopes made of seemingly-cheaper paper, I'm left
thoroughly puzzled. I don't look forward to repeating this debacle
next year.
Oh, by the way, I fused the toner on the printed-but-not-
yet-fused envelopes by toasting them (yes, in my toaster) for 10
seconds.
WARNING: Do not burn your house down by sticking envelopes or
other flammable things into your toaster. If you do such things
despite the obvious danger, first make sure the toaster's plug
is easily accessible and away from the toaster housing so that
you can yank the power in case of trouble. Having a dry chemical
fire extinguisher on hand would be a good idea.
