laser-lovers@uw-beaver (04/16/85)
From: Clive Dawson <AI.CLIVE@MCC.ARPA> During the last few months we've been pursuing the possibly unrealistic goal of removing all ordinary typewriters from our secretaries' desks. We've found convenient ways for our Imagen 8/300 to do just about everything except generate addresses on envelopes. Lately we've been experimenting with feeding address labels through the printer, but all this recent talk about the T-shirt transfers and the evils of wax paper makes me wonder whether putting a sheet of labels through might be harmful, considering the wax paper backing which peeks out around each label. Does anybody have any experience with handling of address label sheets through the Canon engine, and/or has anybody come up with a practical solution to the problem of addressing envelopes without a typewriter? -Clive ------- [[Editor's note: I recently fed a bunch of envelopes through the manual feed of a HP LaserJet, as suggested by the HP manual. The results were only partially successful as the varying thickness of the envelope affected the print. What we do here is to mount one up gummed labels in an old daisy wheel typewriter/printer, printing them off as needed. One could probably get by with a cheaper dot matrix printer. --Rick]]
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (04/17/85)
From: John W. Peterson <JW-Peterson@UTAH-20.ARPA> Another solution is to use envelopes with windows in them, so the address portion of the letter shows through. I've done that with letters printed on letterhead paper, and it works quite well. (The impression this makes is questionable though, people might think they're getting a bill...) -------
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (04/17/85)
From: Swenson.PA@Xerox.ARPA We have two-window envelopes and a standard form which puts senders return address as well as receivers address in the two windows. Type your letter on your desk computer using the standard form, print it on your laser printer, fold it properly so that the addresses show through the windows, and mail. I've been doing this for my casual mail for a few years now. With care, it works well. Bob Swenson
laser-lovers@uw-beaver (04/22/85)
From: cornell!clyde!watmath!utcs!wendy@uw-beaver.arpa (Wendy Harrison) I suggest you forget about doing them on the laser printer and buy a cheap dot-matrix with a tractor feed which will take rolled or fan-fold labels. The only thing you have to watch for is that the labels don't get stuck in the mechanism--you should be able to keep the platen or tension mechanism loose enough to prevent this, and make sure you buy good quality labels that stick well to their backing. The nice part about this is that you can dedicate the printer to this use and only have to load new labels once in a while. I know from experience that loading labels (or changing forms or any kind for that matter) is the secretary's bane. Wendy Harrison SoftQuad Inc. Toronto, Canada ...utzoo!chp!sq