chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) (03/22/91)
I've been considering buying KiwiEnvelopes, but I have two simple questions
I'd like to ask first.
1) The ads for it show an example envelope that, among other things, has
"Printed by KiwiEnvelopes" printed along the bottom left edge, under
the return address. Does this program actually have the audacity to
print something like that on each envelope?
2) How well does it work with a TI PS-35 laser printer? One problem I've
had using other envelope printers (in particular, the one on Sumex-AIM,
whatever it's called) is that the TI feeds envelopes through the opposite
side of the manual feed slot than most other printers (particularly the
Apple printers), and some programs can't deal with this; they assume that
the envelope either feeds down the center of the paper path, or down the
same side as on the Apple printers, and make no provision for envelopes
fed down the other side.
Thanks!
-Brent
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Brent Chapman Ascent Logic Corporation
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chapman@alc.com San Jose, CA 95134
Phone: 408/943-0630ralph@cbnewsj.att.com (Ralph Brandi) (03/22/91)
In article <1033@greeley.alc.com> chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) writes: >I've been considering buying KiwiEnvelopes, but I have two simple questions >I'd like to ask first. >2) How well does it work with a TI PS-35 laser printer? One problem I've > had using other envelope printers (in particular, the one on Sumex-AIM, > whatever it's called) is that the TI feeds envelopes through the opposite > side of the manual feed slot than most other printers (particularly the > Apple printers), and some programs can't deal with this; they assume that > the envelope either feeds down the center of the paper path, or down the > same side as on the Apple printers, and make no provision for envelopes > fed down the other side. KiwiEnvelopes has the same problem. I've tried using the demo with my QMS PS-410, which has the same problem. In order to use it, you have to have a version of the LaserWriter driver that supports edge-fed envelopes as a page size in the Page Setup dialog. I called Kiwi about this, and they said that QMS had hacked the driver to support the page size. Called QMS and they sent us a copy. As it happens, I believe the newest drivers from Apple support the page size now, since the release of the Personal LaserWriter NT, which has the same "feature". Try using driver version 6.0.2 (comes with System 6.0.7) or 6.1 (comes with one of the TrueType files available on apple.com). If that fails, call TI. Me, I was relatively happy with the Kiwi demo for small jobs, but I wound up setting up a template in MS Word to mail merge envelopes from the same source we're using for a bunch of form letters. Kiwi promised to address the issue of "wrong-feeding envelopes" in their next update, probably in a few months. When they do, I intend to purchase it. -- Ralph Brandi ralph@mtunq.att.com att!mtunq!ralph Nothing falls up without being hurled
heuring@csn.org (Vincent Heuring) (03/23/91)
In article <1991Mar22.031205.1460@cbnewsj.att.com> ralph@cbnewsj.att.com (Ralph Brandi) writes: >In article <1033@greeley.alc.com> chapman@alc.com (Brent Chapman) writes: > >>I've been considering buying KiwiEnvelopes, but I have two simple questions >>I'd like to ask first. > >>2) How well does it work with a TI PS-35 laser printer? One problem I've >> had using other envelope printers (in particular, the one on Sumex-AIM, >> whatever it's called) is that the TI feeds envelopes through the opposite >> side of the manual feed slot than most other printers (particularly the >> Apple printers), and some programs can't deal with this; they assume that >> the envelope either feeds down the center of the paper path, or down the I just opened my new copy of Kiwi Envelopes two days ago, to use with the new TI PS-35, and noted that the README file on the K.E. disk specifically says that the current version does *not* support the TI printers. Bummer. -- --- Vincent Heuring Dep't of Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Colorado - Boulder heuring@boulder.Colorado.EDU
klingspo@mozart.cs.colostate.edu (Steve Klingsporn) (03/26/91)
No, it doesn't put "KIWI ENVELOPES" on the envelope. That's probably just an example in the ad. Steve Klingsporn