HP's kinder, gentler stance toward printer paper

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"I am now shoving the paper that I just used to print a press release about the HP program back into my printer so that at least both sides are used."

Question: For 20 years at other employers and home I did that and it worked fine. But for some reason, at my current employer the paper we buy (various brands, basically copy paper,) routinely jams laser printers if it is re-used, pulling off several sheets. It jams both HP and Samsung printers, a variety of HP models. This happens both at home and work in Dallas, Texas. (One of the places I did it for 6 years was also in Dallas.) Does anyone have any ideas why and how to fix it? As mentioned, it's not just one brand of paper or printer.

Commment: Back in the mid-90's I asked an HP-trained tech if there would be problems with printing on both sides using ordinary copier paper in a laser printer not designed for duplex printing. He said that HP had actually done studies. They found that about 1 re-used page in 50 will wind up "crinkled" from the heat. Of course, my reaction was that to save 49 sheets of paper--commonly several days' worth of printing--it was worth having to reprint a 50th sheet now and then.

We had a 2-tray printer. We used new paper in one tray and already-printed paper in the other.

Posted by: Rick_R   Posted on: 10/20/09  (Edited: 10/20/2009 @ 07:39) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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