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Subject:Re: Paper/Copy Quality question From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 3 Feb 1998 09:12:00 -0800
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From: Lorraine Kiewiet
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My responsibility has been with online documentation for the past 5
years,
so I feel slightly out-of-touch with a new project: paper
documentation!
Actually, the problem is that some of the paper products we'll be
sending
out must be done on a photocopy machine. I'm disappointed with what I've
seen coming back from the copy place--it is just so obvious that it is a
'copy.' I would like to give the copy people the best "master" that I
can,
from my HP LaserJet 5. The paper used to produce the master might make
the
difference.
Question: What paper would you recommend that I use? (brand name,
weight,
etc.)
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Welcome to the list, Lorraine. I solved the problem you describe by
employing a company that uses a Xerox DocuTech system and supplying them
a PostScript file of the output instead of hard copy. I don't think
changing paper will help you much.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
