improve printers ability to feed used paper

[Mathias Koerber]

I am trying again to print a larger document doublesided on a one-side
inkjet printer (Brother MFC-665CW).

The problem is that while it draws in the fresh paper just fine, once
I reverse the paper and reinsert it for the reverse page, it draws in
two pages at ones on occasion, thus getting the page sequence all
wrong.

I already 'feather' the re-assembled set of pager.

Is there anything else I should (should not) do? Could this be static?
Any tricks will be appreciated

M

 

[Arthur Entlich]

Other than hand feeding each page, one at a time, I know of no way to
absolutely prevent a misfeed or double feed.

Further, paper printed on one side already tends to develop a "tooth"
from swelling with the ink, and even texture from the ink itself, and so
pages tend to get "stuck" together during feeding.

Most inkjet printers were never designed for duplex printing. I do
believe HP and Canon have some, and you might want to look into them.
They print each side of the paper before moving to the next sheet,
flipping it over during the printing process.

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[tinnews]

Other than hand feeding each page, one at a time, I know of no way to
absolutely prevent a misfeed or double feed.

Further, paper printed on one side already tends to develop a "tooth"
from swelling with the ink, and even texture from the ink itself, and so
pages tend to get "stuck" together during feeding.

Most inkjet printers were never designed for duplex printing. I do
believe HP and Canon have some, and you might want to look into them.
They print each side of the paper before moving to the next sheet,
flipping it over during the printing process.

Yes, my HP Officejet 7310 does double sided printing (and even double
sided copying!). As you say it prints both sides of each sheet as it
goes, it's very slow doing this because it does an ink-drying wait
after printing the first side of each sheet.

 

[David Rance]

Yes, my HP Officejet 7310 does double sided printing (and even double
sided copying!). As you say it prints both sides of each sheet as it
goes, it's very slow doing this because it does an ink-drying wait
after printing the first side of each sheet.

But that time can be adjusted to make the waiting minimal.

David

 

[TJ]

Yes, my HP Officejet 7310 does double sided printing (and even double
sided copying!). As you say it prints both sides of each sheet as it
goes, it's very slow doing this because it does an ink-drying wait
after printing the first side of each sheet.

My Officejet 6110 has an optional (at extra cost) duplexer attachment to
accomplish that. The same duplexer fits on a number of HP printers,
including my Deskjet 5650. It's the only way I've found to prevent the
multiple-feed problem.

TJ

 

[tinnews]

But that time can be adjusted to make the waiting minimal.

I've never bothered because I also have a (B&W) laser that does
double-sided so it's not that often that I use the 7310's ability.