laser printer question

[Bryan O'Neal]

Back 20 years or so and we used to fix this by cleaning and oiling the
rollers that grab the paper.

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Carruth, Rusty
<Rusty.Carruth at smartstoragesys.com> wrote:
> Hmm.  All I can say is that I don’t’ recall having that problem with any of
> my home laser printers - I’ve had an Apple Laserwriter II, an HP or 2 (what,
> HP 5? Don’t remember), and a color HP of some variety.
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> Are the input guides set to the exact width of the paper?
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> Other than that, I’ve no clue, sorry.
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> [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Mark Jarvis
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 10:00 PM
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> Subject: OT: laser printer question
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> We have an HP 1018 laser printer. It is not good about  keeping the paper in
> alignment as the paper goes through the printer. For example, if the page
> has a box 1/2" from the edges, the paper can slew slightly so that the
> printed lines can be 1/8" closer to the edge at the top than at the bottom
> (or vice versa). This happens from 25% to 60% of the time. For most things,
> who cares? But if you're printing the master pages that will be used to make
> copies of a newsletter, it is very bad. Trying to get copies with even
> margins from a slewed master is not fun.
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> Unfortunately, I have never seen a printer review that addressed keeping the
> paper straight & in line as it goes through the machine. Does anyone have a
> recommendation for a (reasonably priced) printer that does a good job of
> this? Or even the name of a forum where I can go for advice?
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