[NTLUG:Discuss] OT printer carrier sheet question

[Fred James]

Greg Edwards wrote:
> I use an inkjet so this method worked pretty good.  Most of the time 
> the checks would line up right and stay stuck on the carrier sheet.
>
> Greg Edwards
> http://greg.edwards-tx.us
>
> On 1/7/2015 9:45 AM, Mike Hart wrote:
>> Laser printers heat-from-the-back to fuse the toner onto the paper. 
>> if you've doubled the thickness of a 20lb sheet of paper, your check 
>> could have disappearing ink. You may need need to find a paper type 
>> setting and make it something like 'cover'.
>>
>>
>>       On Tuesday, January 6, 2015 9:21 AM, Greg Edwards 
>> <greg at edwards-tx.us> wrote:
>>
>>
>>   At one time I used Quicken check writer with sheets of checks.  What
>> they had was a sheet with a sticky strip on the top of the page.  If you
>> had a less than full sheet you stick the first check at the top of the
>> page so it lined up correctly.  IIRC there was a sticky strip where the
>> last check (bottom) would get held in place too.
>>
>> Greg Edwards
>> http://greg.edwards-tx.us
>>
>> On 1/6/2015 8:53 AM, Fred James wrote:
>>> Leroy Tennison wrote:
>>>> Doesn't it have an envelope feeder? Can't you use it?  If so I will
>>>> warn you that Apache OpenOffice has a bug printing #10 envelopes. The
>>>> trick to get it to work is under Format->Page, you have to change the
>>>> text direction to "Right-to-left Vertical".  Test with regular paper
>>>> before wasting check stock.
>>>>
>>>> On 01/05/2015 03:25 PM, Fred James wrote:
>>>>> OT printer carrier sheet question
>>>>>
>>>>> My checks are too small to go through my printer (HP LJ 4M+) on their
>>>>> own.  Does anyone know of a carrier sheet, or other "trick" to get a
>>>>> small sheet through the printer?
>>>>> Thank you
>>>>> Regards
>>>>> Fred James
>>> Leroy Tennison
>>> Thank you for your reply ... and the tip on the Apache OpenOffice bug,
>>> which seems to have been carried over into LibreOffice as well ... I
>>> shall try that out.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, while the printer does have a manual feed with envelope
>>> guide, the minimum size media is 3.5x6.5 inches, and the checks are
>>> 2,75x6.25 inches ... too small in each direction.
>>>
>>> I am working (as a work around) at developing a carrier out of a sheet
>>> of 8.5x11 overhead transparency stock ... positioning and holding the
>>> check in slots cut through the clear stock.  So far I have one long 
>>> slot
>>> at the feed end to hold the leading edge of the check, and I am now
>>> going to add a couple of small diagonal slots to hold the tail end 
>>> (keep
>>> it aligned properly ... the single head slot doesn't quite do the
>>> alignment part.  Not magic, but I hope it works ... more testing ahead.
>>> Regards
>>> Fred James
Greg Edwards
My ink jet printer uses an ink that remains water soluble ... not good 
for checks or envelopes, and stuff like that.
Regards
Fred James