samalone@athena.mit.edu (Stuart A. Malone) (03/26/91)
I like the print quality of my ImageWriter II much better when I hand-feed single sheets using friction feed than when I pin-feed continuous paper. The friction feed seems to avoid problems with the top line getting squished, inconsistant top margins, and wasted paper between printouts. The only drawback is having to sit around and hand-feed paper to the printer, so I'm considering buying Apple's automatic sheet feeder. I'm hoping that someone who has used Apple's ImageWriter II sheet feeder can answer some questions for me: 1. Does it reliably feed single sheets, or do sheets tend to stick together and get jammed in the printer? How often do jams occur? 2. Do certain kinds of paper work better than others? 3. Is is easily removable for times when I must use pin-fed paper, like pin-fed checks? (I'm pretty sure that you can't use pin-fed paper with the sheet feeder in place.) 4. Can I use "laser labels" in my ImageWriter once I have a sheet feeder? (Assuming, of course, that I have appropriate layout software.) Other comments on the ImageWriter sheet feeder are also welcome. --Stuart A. Malone samalone@athena.mit.edu
esf00@uts.amdahl.com (Elliott S. Frank) (03/28/91)
In article <1991Mar25.190248.24891@athena.mit.edu> samalone@athena.mit.edu (Stuart A. Malone) writes: > >1. Does it reliably feed single sheets, or do sheets tend to stick together > and get jammed in the printer? How often do jams occur? > Yes. I haven't had any problem with double feeding of 20 lb no-name "laser paper" in two years of use. I haven't tried many different weights to see if the mechanism (gravity + friction) is sensitive to paper weight. I have fed "laser label" sheets through it with no ill effects. It is sturdy enough to have survived two years of being used as a cat bed with no ill effects. > >2. Do certain kinds of paper work better than others? > Answer above. > >3. Is is easily removable for times when I must use pin-fed paper, like > pin-fed checks? > Yes, it's easily removable. Lift up, snap together, a few tugs, and it's off. A thump and a click, and it's on. My biggest problem is finding where I last left the instruction card to make sure I didn't f*** anything up. I converted to sheet-feed checks ("laser checks") available from Deluxe (and other vendors) rather than hassle with pin-feed. MYM supports the sheet-fed checks no problem. My half-box of pin-feed paper was last seen under one of the cats . . . > >4. Can I use "laser labels" in my ImageWriter once I have a sheet feeder? > See above. -- Elliott Frank ...!{uunet,sun}!amdahl!esf00 (408) 746-6384 or ....!esf00@amdahl.com [the above opinions are strictly mine, if anyone's.] [the above signature may or may not be repeated, depending upon some inscrutable property of the mailer-of-the-week.]