90 Day Challenge – Day 18 – Examining Your Environment – The Printer/Copier

Continuing with examining your surroundings and everyday environment, how well do you know the office copiers?

According to Wikipedia, the first commercial copier was the Xerox 914 built in 1959.  One now resides in the Smithsonian.

American Printer recently stated: “There was a time when copiers were copiers, and presses were presses. But somewhere along the way, copiers became copier/printers, printers became printer/copiers, and presses morphed first into digital presses and then into direct-imaging (DI) presses. Confusing, isn’t it?”

Where knowledge ends, confusion begins.

Have you really gotten to know our copiers and printers?  In an earlier post, we looked at scanning your files instead of dealing with mounds of paper.  Have you had the occasion to scan, copy and print? What about that mysterious bypass tray — the tray that hides behind the trashcan?

You have the ability with any of the copiers to load your specialty paper into the BYPASS tray. Make sure you load it properly. If you do not have it loaded to the correct orientation, landscape or portrait, a message will appear on the control panel. Once you load the paper, the control panel will ask you to confirm the paper size and description.

If you are using any type of gloss paper, be sure to not copy or load any more than 40 sheets. The ink smudges and your copies will be ruined. Wait about a half hour in between print sessions before you copy another set on the glossy paper.

Your Challenge:  Print a document on cardstock or colored paper from the bypass tray.

What about that oversized spreadsheet or document — or floorplan or blueprint that you need printed to tabloid-sized (11×17) paper?

Your Challenge:  Print an oversized document or spreadsheet to 11×17 tabloid-sized paper.  Be sure the paper has been loaded by your office into one of the drawers.

Comment about your printing experiences!