Copier Questions

DMS General
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Color toner has become a scarce commodity at my campus but I would really like to print some review games that need to be in color. Here are my questions:

Assuming our copier does color, what is the current pricing for double-sided color per page?

I would like to print on my own 110 lb cardstock. Does the copier tolerate this? (Some copiers get quite jammy with non-standard thickness.)

Thanks!

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  • 7 cents per side of a 8.5 x 11" print, even if you provide your own paper.
  • A double-sided print is considered two copies even though it’s one sheet of paper (i.e., 14 cents)
  • A single-sided 11x17 print is also considered 2 copies (14 cents).
  • Similarly, a double-sided 11x17 print is considered 4 copies (28 cents).
  • I have printed on card stock without any jamming problems.

However … depending on the card stock you may not get the image quality you desire if your images are color dense. I’ve had a lot of problems getting high density color to adhere to card stock. Come to think of it, I’ve also had problems getting high density color to adhere to regular copy paper.

Also, remember that this isn’t a commercial production facility so the copier may or may not be working when you want to use it. Make sure to have a contingency plan.

Finally, best way to print is from .pdf The DMS computers don’t have Microsoft Office on them, and nothing in the Common room has any of the Adobe Creative Suite. If you want to print from Photoshop or Illustrator you will have to do that from one of the other rooms and hope nobody disturbs your custom paper while you are walking back and forth.

EDIT: There is no price posted for legal size, but I pay 10 cents per side because it’s about 1-1/2 pages.

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I was having trouble with this as well, and discovered the magic spell (menu actually) required to make this work. It’s nowhere in the official ‘documentation’ :nauseated_face: I’ve found, but it’s the difference between perfect copies and flaking toner. I’ll try and take notes when I’m in Thursday.

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I’d be very interested in learning what you figured out.

One thing that seems to help is running a “cleaner” print with very little on it every few pages.

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Doesn’t seem to be needed once the correct paper is selected. I’ll document it Thursday Grab me if you are around.

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One game set is about 19 sheets, double-sided. Even if I make 3-4 sets, it’s still not an outrageous quantity.

Much more affordable than going to an Office Max, etc so that works for me.

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When you load stock in the side tray, this screen pops up:

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If you select change, you get this:

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The yellow highlight is the indication that I selected “Heavy 5” (67-80 lb card stock) Once it’s selected, you get this:

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HINT 1: if you do more than 10 sheets or so of card stock, I suggest you do them in batches. I had good reliability feeding 10 sheets, some issues with stacking 15.

HINT 2: Make sure the stock you add gets under the keeper fingers on the side guides of the manual tray.

HINT 3: If the feeder runs out of paper it resets to the default stock (17-20 lb bond.) If you have a few extra sheets in the feeder, it will not reset and you can continue to add stock. .

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