Re: Paper recommendation for HP4 series

[Stephen Schiller <smschill -at- SOFTART -dot- COM>]

When I had the paper curling problem, I was working in an un-air conditioned
farmhouse in the middle of 200 acres of corn. If your office is air
conditioned, you might not have a humidity problem.

Just a thought.

Stephen Schiller
smschill -at- softart -dot- com

>We use a battery of HP LaserJet 4Ms in our department.  To my knowledge
>we've never had the (apparently famous) paper-curl problem. Was it limited
>to the 4P model? Models with slower throughput would presumably expose the
>paper to more heat (the 4M is 12ppm--it really flies!)

>Our paper is Hammermill Tidal(R) DP (Long Grain). On the label it describes
>itself as being "For Xerographic Copiers/Offset Duplicators/Laser Printers/
>Plain Paper FAX"

>I suspect other major manufacturers also make a similarly specialized grade
>of paper.  I would stick to it.  I read an article somewhere that
>established that the paper really was special, not just relabeled and
>marked-up cheap stuff.  Perhaps our resident forester has a comment on the
>differentiation?  I think the salient points were: finer fibers, a method
>of reducing paper dust, and a smoother finish. There might have been
>something in the chemistry that made the paper more receptive to toner
>particles, but then again I might be making that up.

>BTW, silicon packets in the printer itself won't work--they get saturated
>very quickly. They need to be in a closed environment.

>John Gough
>BMC Software
>Austin, TX
>john_gough -at- bmc -dot- com