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Questions tagged [paper]

The "paper" tag is mostly used with questions about printers and printing directly related to paper.

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What is standard A4 paper size in pixels for a given resolution?

Is there a standard size of A4 paper in pixels? Dimensions of A4 paper are 210mm × 297mm or 8.27in × 11.69in. For 600dpi resolution, I calculate the paper size in pixels like below: In imperial system: Horizontal size = (8.27in) x (600 pixels/in) =…
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How to transfer a file over pen and paper, with error correction

I'm looking for a way to transfer a file using only a pen and paper. This is somewhat similar to paperbak, except the density I'm looking for is much, much lower, and I don't want to use a printer or a scanner. Obviously, the first answer is Base64…
Jeremy Salwen
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Can I keep Windows from defaulting printers to A4 paper?

There's an old joke that English will be the language of Heaven, because Americans won't learn foreign languages. Microsoft seems to have internalized this joke... I am an American English speaker; I occasionally need to type in Russian, so I…
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Lilypond: Is there a way to auto-crop the paper

In Lilypond the paper size can be set to A4, A5, Letter and so forth. However I have only a short song, and I want to embed it lateron. Therefore the output from Lilypond must be cropped somehow. Is there a possibility to let Lilypond itself do…
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Printer ate a sheet of paper

I tried to print a very thin sheet of paper (think magazine page) with my OKI c5400n, and it gave a paper jam error. Now the page didn't turn up and I'm afraid it might bite me later. I pulled out all user-servicable parts (4 color units, fuser…
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Best way to print across multiple pieces of paper?

My printer can only print on 8.5x11 sheets of paper and i'm looking to "blow up"/magnify a single word big enough that i can print it across maybe 6 pieces of paper and some how stitch them together. Is there a program or method that would work best…
Mario Zigliotto
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Laser printer manual duplex printing

My printer does not offer automatic duplex printing. With few papers i can try using odd and even pages . But if i am printing ebooks then sometimes if printer grabs two pages instead of one theni have to print 300 pages again as , the numbering…
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HP Laserjet 4l paper jam - probably electronics behind phototransistor defect - how to check?

I have a problem with our old HP Laserjet 4L. The paper jam indicator flashes after the printer fed the 2nd sheet of paper a few centimetres into the machine. The first page after powering on the printer after some time always gets printed, but it…
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How to effectively scan 130,000 paper pages in 10 days

I have a rather large project which will ultimately benefit society, and I'm looking for all the help I can muster.   I have about 130,000 pages that need to be digitized. Many of them are in packages that have staples, or are on paper that is 40…
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Kyocera 4200DN keeps jamming in the rear cover

I work in a pharmaceutical warehouse in Greece, we resell pharmaceutical products to local stores. We print about 1000 Invoices per day, in preprinted paper (color) with a Kyocera 4200DN (black & white). We own 3 Kyocera 4200DN for that specific…
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Why does my HP printer think it is jammed, when the printer is not jammed?

I have a strange problem with my HP F2480 printer. The printer always thinks it is jammed. It starts completely normally, and when it gets halfway down the page all the light start flashing, which is a fatal error according to HP. However I can…
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Maximum non-Canon paper weight for Canon Pixma printers?

In the specifications of the Canon printers, such as Pixma MG7150, it is said that we should not use papers that are too thick (weighing more than 28lb or 105g/m²), except for Canon genuine paper. How serious is this? What happens if we use heavier…
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Can I use coated ink jet paper for printing with a color laser printer?

Can I use coated ink jet paper for printing with a color laser printer? Or does this destroy the laser printer somehow?
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Using photo laser paper on laser monochrome printer

I am interested to know if there is any restriction of using a Photo laser matte type of paper e.g.220gr/m2, printing a text/vector shapes project in black and white using a (SL-M2625, 4800x600dpi) monochrome laser printer. Trying to choose the…
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how to scan very long document with scan snap

I have a Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500. I want to scan a document (sales slip) that is overly long (about 50cm) but quite narrow. So, I hoped the scanner would just pull it through and give me the whole image as one. Alternatively it would have been fine…
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