"Paper holder" to keep printed papers flat

[Dark Helmet]

Howdy folks, didn't know where to put this post.

To my misfortune i have a POS PB Inserter in my area now.

Customer prints off water bills and includes a information paper. The bill and the info paper gets sucked into the compiler, folded and stuffed into a envelope.

The problem is with the humidity in the summer the papers are like a wet rag and don't lay flat as they went thru a big photo copier and then the 5000 sheets get tossed on a countertop and left over night. This is causing alot of jamming. They don't feed well or fold well. They had a big jam yesterday and we didn't get the call till today. The envelopes left in the machine were pretty wonky and we had to toss them.

On copiers when we open a fresh pack of paper it lays flat because it's tightly wrapped and then the next day it's garbage in a humid environment.

Has anybody seen or made some sort of a container to put printed media into and then a weight to keep it laying flat?
Has anybody ever put paper in the fridge to try and keep it dry?

The big production inserters require a room that is temperature and humidity controlled but of course this is a smaller machine so it's stuff in a room with little airflow.

Thx

[Santander]

Re: "Paper holder" to keep printed papers flat

Try Tupper Ware type containers that are airtight. It will keep the pages from absorbing humidity from the room.

[blackcat4866]

Re: "Paper holder" to keep printed papers flat

Kyocera used to give a large heavy duty ziplock bag with every MFP, ~13" x 19". I still have a few around.

Maybe not pertinent, but an old printshop trick when the resulting prints are curly is to weight them overnight before running them through the inserter. Ideally, I'd like to see the humidity addressed first.

I was just at a flower shop. Cement building with cement floor, 1000's of beautiful flowers, and misters keeping them moist. 55% humidity, 75F on my hygrometer. The 227gsm pre-perforated media rolled up into nice neat little scrolls in the engine cover exit. The media is too heavy for every tray of the bizhub C3351 (Thick3), so it was never going to work even in an ideal environment. Especially never going to work here.
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