HP LaserJets have no such mechanism that I am aware of. My LJ4 (which fed
from the side) handled #12 envelopes without difficulty; the LJ 4100, which
wants to feed envelopes from the center, just can't handle #12s at all: if
fed from the center, they are printed in the wrong place; if fed from the
side, they jam. sigh

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"Uncle Joe" wrote in message
...
Perhaps "lever" was a poor choice of words. The majority
of inkjet printers do have a paper "adjustment mechanism"
(whether a lever or a slide adjustor) to allow for envelopes
or normal papers. When I sold printers at a bigbox computer
store, all the inkjet printers (Canon, Epson, HP, and
Lexmark) did have a paper adjustment mechanism.

Can't speak to laser printers. It's been so long since I
examined a laser printer...they probably have an adjustment
mechanism, too.

HP printers have had a reputation for difficulty in
processing envelopes (especially large Christmas card
type envelopes) because of its fairly unique approach
of feeding paper in the front and pulling it over and through.
I much prefer the much simpler rear feed down-'n-out path
of Canon, Epson, and Lexmark.

Personally, jammed the printer the first time trying to use
envelopes because I failed to move the adjustment lever
to the envelope position. The printer did not appreciate
the error. Learned my lesson.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
'Virtually all' is overstating things as neither of my printers have
such a lever, but the point is a good
one. The fact remains that some printers have problems feeding envelopes

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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Uncle Joe wrote:
You are, of course, adjusting the printer's feed
mechanism lever to account for the fact that you're
printing envelopes and not sheets of paper, right?
Virtually all printers have a control--usually a lever--
to adjust the printer's feed for the thickness of the
paper or envelope.

Your printer should be able to handle envelopes
fine, provided that you adjusted the feed to process
envelopes, and provided that you are not overloading
the envelope feeder, and provided that you don't
stuff the envelope with cards or materials before
printing.

Consult your printer's manual for specifics on processing
envelopes. And when you're through printing envelopes,
don't forget to reset the printer's feed control back to
the paper setting.


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
This could be simply attributable to poor envelope handling by the
printer, but see if
http://www.gmayor.com/Alternative_Return_Addresses.htm helps. --

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Max wrote:
I have put my logo graphic on to an envelope in Word 2000... but
when I print it.... it never prints on the envelope...the envelope
usually prints on a regular sheet of paper... the graphic and
addresses print fine on the regular sheet of paper... but they
never print on the envelope... Sometimes the envelope passes
through the printer & gets the addresses only without the
graphic... and other times nothing shows up on the envelope at
all....but everything gets printed on a seperate sheet of regular
paper... any ideas ?