Mailing labels are discussed throughout this book because
they are such a problem. Mailing labels reduce a printer's
life span by jamming paper, heating motors, and forcing
the printer to work harder. In general, try printing label
addresses on fanfold paper. Then, copy the addresses on
to the labels by using a photocopier. Be sure to purchase
special mailing label sheets that can withstand the heat
inside a photocopier.
If the photocopier approach is not workable, use the cheapest,
9-pin dot-matrix printer you can find. You do not care about
fonts or fancy front panel controls. If possible, use this
printer just for mailing labels, leaving them in the printer
at all times. This method reduces the problem of mailing
labels peeling off inside the printer and jamming things
up.
Banners are pages of fanfold paper that have not been torn
apart. Instead, letters are printed sideways (landscape)
along the continuous sheet. A sentence can be 12 feet long.
Banners are used for signs or for special events like parties.
Special software and a dot-matrix printer are required to
create the banners, unless you have the $ 15,000 or so for
a laser printer with fan-fold paper capability
Wide spreadsheets are similar to banners in that the letters
are printed side-ways. Laser landscape printing can serve
the same purpose if the number of horizontal characters
is less than 233 (16.67 pitch, 8.5-point font, 14-inch paper).
Otherwise, tractor feed paper is required.
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