Techniks Inc. "Press 'N' Peel" warning

[Soundwave [Chad Gould]]

> >I just got finished trying to SERVICE my printer, as the very 2nd P'N'P
> >sheet that I tried using in the machine, became wrapped around a roller
> >inside of the printer!  Wrapped around it!  There is absolutely no way that
> >I can get it out, and I'm going to have to pay god knows how much money
> >now, so that I can get it serviced!  
> >The printer still prints ..... somehow sort of.  It doesn't realized it has
> >an entire sheet of P'N'P wrapped around a roller.  But the P'N'P will
> >absorb some of the printing, and reprint the printing onto whatever next
> >sheets your printing!  :(
> Perhaps this is a problem with this specific printer, or perhaps there
> was a bit of toner-goop on the roller. I've run through two 20 sheet
> packs and am now working on a 50sheet pack of PNP, with no stuck sheet
> problems. I use an IBM Laserprinter 10P, though, and use the
> straight-through paper path, so perhaps the differences in printers is
> significant.

It's a specific printer problem most likely... for those of you who are
thinking of buying a HP Laserjet 5L, I suggest that you don't. It's the
first printer from them that I have heard massive reports on the paper
jamming. My brother, in fact, found the jamming problem to be so bad
that he sent his back for a Laserjet 4L... I don't know whether they
have corrected the problem (HP was aware of it when my brother got the
printer), but this sounds like they really haven't... either get an old
4L (300dpi only, though) or save up for a 5P... or choose something
other than HP. 

I haven't used PnP, but I've printed other custom things on my 4L, and
it seems to work fine.

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