[comp.dcom.fax] FAX paper

rvk@cbnewsh.att.com (robert.v.kline) (02/11/91)

it was recently stated (article 122) that almost any good quality
FAX paper will work in a FAX machine.

many FAX machine owners manuals suggest that you buy a specific paper
in order to get maximum print quality. the idea is that the paper coating
is a chemical soup, and the current profile used for the print heads is
probably optimised for a particular coating. using a different paper can
apparently gum up the heads, probably because of what the heat does to
the coating.

anyway, I have actually tested papers other than that called for, and
at the very least the print quality usually suffers.  none of this is
any argument that one should be gouged for the correct paper, but
getting the paper the manufacturer suggests is probably worth the effort.

-r. kline
rvk\@blink.att.com