Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucbvax!DECWRL.DEC.COM!reid From: reid@DECWRL.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers Subject: Re: PS40's and 3 hole paper Message-ID: <8707151327.AA02294@brillig.umd.edu> Date: Thu, 9-Jul-87 14:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: brillig.8707151327.AA02294 Posted: Thu Jul 9 14:12:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jul-87 05:55:17 EDT References: <8707081851.AA07426@brillig.umd.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 21 Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu 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