I'm unfamiliar with the logistics and benefits of having a printer with this feature so help me figure out what to do.

The scenario is that your client has certain yet random documents that need to be printed with the same information on the back multiple times per day (disclaimers, checklist, watermark, etc). The existing solution is to order reams of pre-printed paper with this information and select "Tray 3" when you know that it's time to print this doc.

In my mind I have this notion that you could have a separate profile that knows "Ok, I'm about to print A.pdf so I should pull disclaimer.pdf and duplex that shit on the back. Am I asking too much of this feature or is this something that needs to be done a level or two before you get to the final printing process?

And then that one Avatar guy looked at the other Avatar chick and he was all like "you want me to put my what where for how long?"

[Edited on January 12, 2011 at 1:58 PM. Reason : TechTalk please]

1/12/2011 1:57:41 PM

wouldn't it be cheaper to continue buying the paper and choosing tray 3? whats wrong with that?

1/12/2011 2:31:39 PM

Yeah just set up two print profiles and call it done

1/12/2011 4:17:42 PM

If you don't have employees intelligent enough to switch trays on their own, then all hope is lost here.

1/12/2011 4:29:53 PM

So indirectly I guess my question was answered. Keep ordering pre-printed paper.

1/12/2011 6:49:15 PM

I’d say stick with the pre-printed paper.

All printers i’ve seen with this feature simply have a mechanism that re-feeds the paper through the printer but on the flip side. This works most of the time, but it significantly increases the chances of the paper getting jammed in the printer, vs. just having the back-side pre-printed.

1/12/2011 7:48:22 PM

what ^ said. We've got several duplexing printers at work and it's really a rarely useful feature. First, you can't print document A on one side & document B on the other. You print page 1 on one side, page 2 on the other, etc. etc.

Also to compound the potential jam issues, you go from a typically speedy laser printer to an "OMG a 20 year old inkjet prints as fast" printer.

1/12/2011 7:56:36 PM

if it ain't broken, don't fix it. if it is broken, use a big Russian wrench and whack the shit out of it while screaming "work you piece of shit" until it works or falls apart completely, then blame it on Dan from accounting as you use your IT skills to cover your tracks and discard all of the video evidence from the copy room security camera.

1/12/2011 8:07:11 PM

Fuckin magnets. How do they work?






seriously - duplexing for every document is an excellent way to kill a printer.

1/15/2011 2:32:20 PM

easier to keep going than fiddle with all your docs.... but you can set up a print template like others have said... shrug

1/16/2011 2:42:30 AM