laser-lovers@uw-beaver (03/07/85)
From: ihnp4!utzoo!henry@uw-beaver.arpa
A little while ago, I submitted a note about how to set up a ramp for
orderly output stacking from the HP LaserJet (or any printer based on
the little Canon engine). Brent Byer of Textware has tipped us off to
a better scheme, which seems to work quite well. If the paper simply
falls about a foot to a horizontal tray, instead of hitting the ramp
at once, it will generally curl around so that it is face-down. The
result is a stack of pages which is first-page-first when it is turned
print-side-up. This works well enough, and is enough of a hit with
our customers, that we'll probably keep it this way. The only wart
is that it's rather harder to flip through the output pile while new
stuff is still coming down.
Specifically, we're using the top of a Xerox paper box as our tray.
(Note that this is a good deal larger than a single sheet, which means
a rather ragged pile but perhaps better tolerance of variation in fall.)
It is set about 6 inches below the table the LaserJet sits on, which
puts it about 10.5 inches below the LaserJet's paper output slot. It
extends somewhat underneath the table, and the LaserJet is sitting
with its print slot directly above the table edge. This layout is
not necessarily optimum, but it works.
Note that this scheme probably won't work if you have strong air flow
around the LaserJet.
Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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