=> Subject: Re: Triplicate/duplicate forms need -- how do you handle it?
=>
=>
=> Hi Hal !
Bob, thanks for the write-up. I still have a couple of questions ...
=>
=> If you don't want to go the dot-matrix route, with
=> continuous forms, there are a couple of alternatives :
=>
=> 1. If you need different coloured paper for the copies,
=> you can get plain NCR paper in pre-collated sets, in reverse order
=> - then just print the 2 copies (or 3, if triplicate).
=>
=> Two issues - feeding NCR paper can be difficult on some
=> lasers.... and - if you have a mis-feed, you must toss the
=> other sheets as well, to get back in sequence.
=>
I am aware of this technique and have used it for producing relatively large
quantities of blank forms. The problem (my problem) with this is if you want
to print just a few sets, there is no easy way to turn them into sets using the
preapplied adhesive. Do you know of a way to do that without using the
standard padding technique that printers use?
=> 2. If you can have all copies the same colour - possibly
=> by printing designations ("Customer Copy"), you can just use
=> "self-contained NCR paper" - when you write on it, it will
=> copy, as both chemicals are in one sheet. No need to collate
=> in order.
=>
=> One issue - the paper stays active, so any writing or
=> hard pressure will also mark it.
Unless these are the same as above, you are talking about the pre-assembled
crash printing sets, right? No problem binding the sets because they already
are bound, but printing on a laser or ink-jet will not "crash" through to the
copies. So I am confused by what you mean here.
=>
=> As to how to fasten the copies - a staple, or perhaps one
=> of those gadgets that crimps the sheets together ...
=> like a stapler, but without staples.
=>
Yes, the simplest way would be one of those but experience has shown that the
get easily messed up and out of register in the field. The best way to keep
sets together is to use the pre-applied adhesive, but that is a pain, as
mentioned above.
Anyhow, thanks for your help and if you want to continue, perhaps we should do
this off-list.
B+
HALinNY
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