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From: reid@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Brian Reid)
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Subject: Re: PS40's and 3 hole paper
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Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 14:12:00 EDT
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We have a very early LPS40, and a couple of months ago an engineer flew
out from DEC headquarters to upgrade it for us. He is probably DEC's
best expert on the LPS40 hardware. I watched in awe as he stripped our
machine down to a bucket of small parts and then reassembled it back into
a printer without ever looking at a manual or blueprint.

He recommended that we not use 3-hole paper oriented so that the edge
with the 3 holes is the leading edge during paper travel. He said that
the paper transport mechanism requires the leading edge of the paper to
be stiffer than it can be with 3 holes punched in it.

We spent a day or two obeying his instructions, feeding the paper
short-edge first. This slows the printer down and is a nuisance for
several reasons. So I started looking for a brand of 3-hole paper that
was stiff enough to work well.

After considerable experimentation, we found that "Hammermill Tidal MX"
3-hole paper works just fine in our LPS40. We have not found any other
brand that works as well.

Brian