[UK-CONTEST] UK-Contest Digest, Vol 41, Issue 23

[sidwill at lineone.net]

>From bitter experiance, I have found that HP printers are no good for
label printing.   The reason is that they bend the page right round the roller
and
labels don't like this.  The small error equates to the difference in thickness
of paper with
labes compared with plain paper.  
You will soon meet the next problem with HP printers and labels  -  The labels

start to peel off during their tortured journey round the roller.   Sorry
but that
is how it is.



From: Tom Wylie <t.wylie at ntlworld.com>
>Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Some clever chappy is bound to know
>To: UK-Contest <uk-contest at contesting.com>
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>Having had a bad week at work, I thought I'd treat myself to a new 
>printer this morning.   I have a monochrome laser
>but thought I'd tart up my QSL labels by adding a wee touch of colour. 

>
>Being Scottish I didnt want to spend a lot of money
>so I bought an HP PSC 1410 in a sale.     Works fb.
>
>Now then.   I set it up to print labels using my trust BV7 from Bernd 
>DF3CB.    I set the Avery Number to 3 x 7    63.5 x 38.1
>as per my laser and printed of a whole page of labels onto a clean sheet
>
>of paper - same size as the labels page.
>
>After a bit of fiddling with the margins,  I got the labels all centred

>up and saved the settings.
>
>I put in a sheet of labels and woops - the setting had altered to a very
>
>small margin at the top of the page, so all the labels were
>not in their square - if you know what I mean.    Darn I must have 
>changed something.    Re-set all the setrting, reprinted with another 
>sheet of paper, hold it up to the light, yup all nicely in the label 
>area.     Insert another sheet of labels - bugger the top margin has
>shrunk again.   Stick in a sheet of ordinary paper - yes the labels 
>print properly.    Stick in another label sheet - top margin
>has gone to buggery.
>
>Back to the drawing board.   Check setting for margins, paper size, type
>
>of paper, print size, label size, label code, drink a cup of coffee, 
>calm down and try again on a clean sheet of paper.   Beautiful 
>labels.    Stick in a sheet of labels - yup you guessed it - the top 
>margin has shrunk again.
>
>This is where it gets interesting.   I think I am loosing my mind.    
>This time, I put in a sheet of paper, a sheet of labels, a sheet of 
>paper and finally another sheet of labels.
>
>Yup you got it - the paper print is very fb with the labels in the right
>
>place on the sheet and the margins fb,   the label sheets - the top 
>margin has mysteriously shrunk and I lost another 2 sheets of labels.......
>
>Now it is afternoon,   I have used half a box of labels and still 
>getting nowhere.   I am tempted to throw the printer through the 
>window.     Apart from rolling on the floor laughing and slapping your 
>thighs, does anybody have any serious
>suggestions of what I should try next or where I am going wrong.
>
>The labels print OK on my laser......... :-(
>
>
>Tom
>
>GM4FDM
>
>

73 de Sid GM4SID
sidwill at lineone.net

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