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Hi, does anyone reuse printer paper? I try but it seems to lead to more paper jams. Any suggestions? |
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The rough edge of the paper needs to go toward the rollers in the printer. |
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Not ever in the machine. Increases the risk of damage. Paper is cheap, printer is not. Best to just use the paper for scratch. Last Edited on: 6/5/17 8:14 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Paper is too cheap to wreck your printer over it (and yes you can). Just set it aside for scrap and use a fresh piece. Some printers are better designed to do the double sided copy, but they tend to be at a higher price point. My brother paid extra to get a decent Canon printer that does both sides nicely. It was a feature he wanted but has only used about 12 times since he bought the printer 2 years ago so a waste IMHO. |
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The older style inkjet printers were fairly fine for reusing paper (as long as NO wrinkles or bending or folds)--where the paper was open in a tray below and you see it sucked in and start to come out the top. That's a simple paper path. Ones that have fancier paper paths (anything with a paper tray that slides in, lasers, etc) are a lot more likely to jam. They are just more touchy and I can't recommend trying it. If you are going to do it--use the manual feed tray. Unfortunately, that's less durable than the slide-in-paper tray, so it'll wear out faster. |
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Just found this forum. Hope you all don't jinx me. I have reused paper forever. I always make sure the edge going in is perfect. No folds, no bunches nothing wrong. I have had jams using new paper out of a new pack. It's how one removes the jam that matters (my opinion). I have a nice Canon. Quit my HP. Too many ink carts. |
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I use the back, blank side of paper all the time in my HP Laserjet P1102w. Even use junk snail-mail with ad sheets printed on only one side. The only time I've ever had a problem with a printer jamming is when I stupidly add a bunch of paper to the tray and overlook two sheets stapled together. |
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