[Donna Hood Pointer]

Exactly. The fuser(I think it's a roller) was coated. You cannot get 
the crud off once it fused to it. You have to replace the fuser roller 
and that's the $250 part. so...it doesn't really pay to print on the 
back of paper you have already used, unless your printer is really 
designed to do that. My new printer, HP1012 says you can print on the 
back by turning the paper over, but I'm not sure I would do that 
regularly based on my past experience. However, it is conceivable that 
the fuser and paper path relationship is different (it's 12 years newer 
in design). I have no way of knowing.Duplex printers are designed to 
print double-sided, so I expect they are designed to avoid the fuser 
problem. But they are quite expensive. If I needed to do a lot of 
2-sided printing regularly, I would look for a duplex laser printer and 
shell out the big bucks. D

On Sunday, April 11, 2004, at 03:32 PM, PowerBooks wrote:
I think she means, "don't reuse your paper".  When you print on the
back side, with laser toner already present on the other side, it will
melt off and cover the fuser with crud over time.  If you can get it
off, www.fixyourownprinter.com might have info, but I think you have to
get a new fuser at that point.  For sure, don't try and scrape it off 
:)

Specialty papers often have a top and bottom "side" since the "top" has
clay or other substances present to make it very smooth.  But for
regular laser paper stock that's not an issue.


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