Two sided printing

[Donna in Idaho]

I'm trying to print some documents on my HP deskjet 960c printer. The first
side prints fine. When I turn the pages over to print the second side, I
often end up with 3 - 5 pages pulled through at the same time. I wasted a
lot of ink and paper yesterday evening trying to print two sides (color -
which made it even more expensive) of a document.

One batch, I left along for maybe half an hour before printing the second
side thinking maybe that would help. It didn't.

What can be done to prevent the printer pulling multiple pages through on
the second pass. I'm sure HP would probably say to use their paper.
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[Donna in Idaho]

I realize this has nothing to do with Publ (not completely stupid here) -
just thought someone might have some ideas to help.
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[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

What can be done to prevent the printer pulling multiple pages
through on the second pass. I'm sure HP would probably say to use
their paper.

Try waiting for the ink to dry, then fanning all the pages to separate them.
Alternatively, feed a page at a time.

 

[Donna in Idaho]

Thanks Ed. That's what I finally did - feed the pages one at a time. But,
it did take awhile!
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[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Do yourself a favour and buy a decent brand of printer next time with a
proper paper feed mechanism. Something like a quality Canon.

HP are trying to live in the past and rest on their laurels.

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[DavidF]

Donna, One thing you could try is to flip your blank paper over before
printing the first side. Some paper works better if you run it through one
side first, than the other because of the way it curls. DavidF

 

[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

HP are trying to live in the past

Which is why they only release drivers for newer printers?

 

[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

Hey now!!! Stops tealing my quote.

FWIW, I would never again buy a Canon, after the experience I've had with
mine and seen others having with theirs

 

[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Ed interesting you dig out garbage from ten years past.
Ed one day you may actually join the real world and realise the world does
not stop at the US borders.

Interesting how Canon now have the major share in the inkjet printer market,
and soon Canon will also be number one in the scanner market.

HP today is cheap junk outdated design garbage that falls apart, you cannot
buy spares for HP. HP ink cartridges are *GOLD* plated they cost so much to
buy and each page you print costs a fortune. HP cannot even design a
printer with a proper ink system or paper feed mechanism.
Why do you think the US is having such a major decline in manufacturing.
You cannot even make a printer in the US anymore let alone actually design a
quality printer. Don't worry those Mexicans love the jobs that once
belonged to US citizens. Praise NAFTA.

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[Amethyst]

Ed interesting you dig out garbage from ten years past.
Ed one day you may actually join the real world and realise the world
does not stop at the US borders.

And why would he think that anyway, cretin, when he, like myself, and one or
two others here, is BRITISH?! Oh I forgot, Great Britain and Ireland don't
exist, do they Davey? I have spent my entire life living in a country which
is as real to you as Narnia, Middle Earth or Discworld.

I'm with Ed, I hate Canon with a passion too. My father had three lasers at
his office (2 black and white one colour) and a colour copier. They didn't
work right from day one. In the end he ditched the lot. The B&W lasers are
now Epson, the colour laser Minolta and the photocopier Compaq. Never had a
day's trouble with any of them.



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[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Amethyst,Cassandra, Black Aliss, Haggard Old Witch, Heather, Grumpy (or
whatever you are calling yourself today) did you play with their parts and
that caused them to fail?
Your reputation for fiddling and interfering with things you should not
precedes you.
In respectable countries they deal with those that have those problems like
you in a fit and proper manner.

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[Amethyst]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads


Out of interest, have you had success with printing photographs on the
Minolta? I never managed to get the colour-handling to work on the
one we've got in school

Not my printer, Ed. It's at my father's office and, as he's now a man of
leisure (OK, make that a man of the golf club!) I don't know. Dad never used
the thing anyway - that was left to the design staff - Dad's printer usage
never extended beyond the odd Word document, email or Excel spreadsheet. On
the rare occasion he required colour, his PA had an ESC800 which was plenty
good enough for his needs.

This was after my time there too - when I was there we had an ancient B&W
NEC!

Sorry I can't help, Ed.

Blessings,

Cass
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[Mary Sauer]

I have a HP5000 with duplex capabilities, it is a wonderful printer. I, too, had a
very bad experience with Canon. The only printer I ever had that literally fell
apart... TechTV gave the Epson 2200 some really good critiques. Pricey though.

 

[JoAnn Amerson]

I have to agree with that also but in all honesty, it was a cheap one to
begin with. I prefer HPs, hands down.

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The problem with resting on your laurels is that eventually you are sitting
on dead branches.

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[°°°M°S°°Publisher°°°]

Well you see the sales figures prove Canon leads the way.

You aged oldies like Contrary Mary live back in the dark ages.

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[Donna in Idaho]

Yeah, Mike - that's what I finally did - but a pain in the butt to do it
that way! Of course, if I had thought far enough ahead, I would have just
taken the originals to the copy shop. However, I live out in the country
and sometimes that doesn't work!
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Project Linus Boise/SW Idaho Coordinator
Website: http://donnakwilts.tripod.com/

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline!

Or just feed the pages in one at a time. Might take a bit longer btu guaranteed nto to pull more
than one if you only give it one.

 

[Mike]

Copy shops also can charge an arm and a leg depending on what they are copying. Probably not worth
the time to drive there since it doesn't take real long to just feed in the paper.

 

[Ron Cohen]

David, when it comes to inkjets I'm in total agreement with you. The newer
Canon inkjet models are outstanding printers. I have an s820 - last years
model. The i950 is the current one and it is already selling at Sam's for
$218 which includes a USB cable and a few other goodies. The much earlier
Canon models may have been a PITA but the newer ones are fantastic. I do a
huge amount of photo printing and obviously refill my cartridges. I've
posted a reply on the comp.periphs.printers newsgroup concerning ink
refilling costs, but it costs me approximately 1.2¢ per 8.5 x 11 sheet -
full coverage. I've saved enough since the first of the year to pay for
several new printers if refilling damaged the printer, which it hasn't and
won't. I kind of wish it would finally die so that I could justify getting
the i950. When it comes to lasers, the best one I've ever owned was an HP
5000 at my last print shop and it's still going strong for the new owner.
It's funny to see some of the comments about HP lasers being so great, which
some of them are, and Canon lasers which some claim are junk. They obviously
don't know that Canon makes the engines for HP. Only problem with HP is lack
of support for XP. The last time I looked, they still hadn't updated the
drivers to support the 5000. Maybe Mary S. can answer that one since she
still has a 5000.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Whilst attempting to develop brick-based storage technology, Ed reads a

Ed, out of curiosity which model and what kind of problems are you
having with your Canon inkjet. If you look at comp.periphs.printers
newsgroup you will find that Epson inkjets are the most troublesome
and Canons the most reliable and cost effective to use. That is also
my personal experience and I do a huge amount of photo printing with
my Canon s820. Be sure to read my response to one of David's posts
in this same thread.

I scrapped my Canon BJC-4000 years ago, after a cartridge exploded and left
stains all over my carpet.
I've had some trouble with Epsons too - and they don't seem to print at as
high a quality as a similarly-priced HP.

 

[Mary Sauer]

The HP 5000 has a XP driver. It works very well.

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David, when it comes to inkjets I'm in total agreement with you. The newer
Canon inkjet models are outstanding printers. I have an s820 - last years
model. The i950 is the current one and it is already selling at Sam's for
$218 which includes a USB cable and a few other goodies. The much earlier
Canon models may have been a PITA but the newer ones are fantastic. I do a
huge amount of photo printing and obviously refill my cartridges. I've
posted a reply on the comp.periphs.printers newsgroup concerning ink
refilling costs, but it costs me approximately 1.2¢ per 8.5 x 11 sheet -
full coverage. I've saved enough since the first of the year to pay for
several new printers if refilling damaged the printer, which it hasn't and
won't. I kind of wish it would finally die so that I could justify getting
the i950. When it comes to lasers, the best one I've ever owned was an HP
5000 at my last print shop and it's still going strong for the new owner.
It's funny to see some of the comments about HP lasers being so great, which
some of them are, and Canon lasers which some claim are junk. They obviously
don't know that Canon makes the engines for HP. Only problem with HP is lack
of support for XP. The last time I looked, they still hadn't updated the
drivers to support the 5000. Maybe Mary S. can answer that one since she
still has a 5000.