On Sun 10 Jul 2016 at 00:09:34 (-0400), Gene Heskett wrote: > It feeds the short edge in first, unlike the paper trays, both of which > can be set for several different sizes, but they both feed long edge > first. So once its been grabbed, there is still about 14.25 inches of > paper hanging out in empty space with zero guidance because the curl of > the paper as it passes over the top edge of this "door", lifts the paper > a good 1/4" above and totally free of the guides. Most worthless design > I have ever seen. Paper centering and feed alignment are completely at > the mercy of the human trying to insert the paper centered and square. > And I do not believe that if a sheet of Lexan was added to extend the > paper support for at least 8", and it was screwed to the plastic of the > door, the stoppers incorporated into the plastic hinges would actually > survive a sheet of tagboard laying on it, combined with the weight of the > Lexan, too heavy. A sheet of 28 lb copy paper is ok, but not a hand > laying on it.
Could you attach your Lexan to a wall behind the printer and then push the printer close to the Lexan to leave only a small gap for the paper to have to cross? Like (if your unicode is up to it): ┊←wall ┊ ┊ ↙Lexan (should be a shallower angle) ┊╲ ┊ ┌╌╌╌╌┐←printer (push it towards Lexan) ┊ ┊ ┊ └╌╌╌┴╌╌╌╌┴╌╌╌╌╌╌╌ ←tabletop Cheers, David.
