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  • SargeNZ
    Trusted Tech

    250+ Posts
    • May 2012
    • 263

    #1

    DL Envelope Printing

    Hi all. First time caller, long time listener. I am a jr. tech for Ricoh in the South of New Zealand. - Sorry for the cross posting but this was mistakenly put in 'Printer and Fax' discussions.

    I have struck an issue printing DL envelopes (actually DL size slips) from the client's PC from MS Word.
    The client is printing to an MPC4000 with bridge unit, the printer outputs to the internal tray 1 so it must pass through the bridge entrance. Paper stock is fed from the bypass.
    MS Word seems to require that the DL size be fed long edge first, it gets through the machine itself fine but is jamming in the bridge unit, the obvious solution is to change the orientation so it feeds short edge first, but setting this in MSword causes the text to be 90 degrees out of alignment.

    'force feeding' the envelope short edge through the bypass gives timing jams.

    Is there a way to have the printer change the orientation itself so that we can have short edge feed AND correct text orientation? I have scrounged our NZ knowledge base and come up short.

    Thanks in advance.
  • Polarbear
    Service Manager

    1,000+ Posts
    • Feb 2012
    • 1070

    #2
    Re: DL Envelope Printing

    Does the machine not have a 1-bin tray, so that you can tell it to output printing to that bin instead? It sounds like the feed rollers are too far appart to feed DL size long edge feed.
    Press the GREEN button!!

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    • sandmanmac
      Field Supervisor

      Site Contributor
      2,500+ Posts
      • Feb 2009
      • 3963

      #3
      Re: DL Envelope Printing

      I've experienced what sounds like the exact same problem as this with MP C3500/4500 machines in the past. It seems to be a 'quirk' in the driver or something, and it happens whether I used PCL5/6, or RPCS. I solved it by setting the feed direction within letters and mailings to "long edge", but continued to feed the envelope short edge first (see attached screen shot), and this solved both the mis-feeding, and text orientation issues for me.
      good Luck
      envelope feed.bmp

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      • SargeNZ
        Trusted Tech

        250+ Posts
        • May 2012
        • 263

        #4
        Re: DL Envelope Printing

        I would agree that the roller spacing in the bridge unit is insufficient to transport DL size paper long edge first.

        The client was not creating the job through 'letters and mailings' but rather with a new blank document and specifying DL size in page setup.

        I seem to have a workaround where specifying a custom paper size of 20x10cm will allow a short edge feed. Anything with DL size specified (including a custom paper size that happens to be the same as DL) will default to Long edge feed.

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        • teebee1234
          Service Manager

          Site Contributor
          1,000+ Posts
          • Jul 2008
          • 1670

          #5
          Re: DL Envelope Printing

          Usually, if you open the flap it will give you the length to bridge the gap between relay rollers. Attached is one method to configure this...
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          • SargeNZ
            Trusted Tech

            250+ Posts
            • May 2012
            • 263

            #6
            Re: DL Envelope Printing

            Unfortunately the client is printing DL size sheet paper, rather than an envelope. Although I will remember the flap open trick in future.

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