Laser MFP that doesn't crunch envelopes

[Asha'man X]

Hi everyone

Does anyone know of a laser MFP that doesn't crunch envelopes (mainly DL sized) when printing? Our school needs to be able to print these, but so far all of our Samsung MFP's crunch the envelopes, as has a Xerox we just purchased. Ideally, the printer will have a dedicated manual feed/bypass tray, so that we can load up the envelopes without changing the paper in the main tray. The slot loading Samsung's are a pain to use.

Searching the net reckons that it's the air in the envelope that causes the creasing when it passes through the fuser and hot roller. The more I think about it, the more that sounds plausible. Inkjets won't have this problem, but the running cost on an inkjet is sky high for the volumes we'll end up doing.

However, if you've gotten lucky, please let me know the brand and model so I can investigate for the school.

Thanks everyone

 

[Speedster]

Hi everyone

Does anyone know of a laser MFP that doesn't crunch envelopes (mainly DL sized) when printing? Our school needs to be able to print these, but so far all of our Samsung MFP's crunch the envelopes, as has a Xerox we just purchased. Ideally, the printer will have a dedicated manual feed/bypass tray, so that we can load up the envelopes without changing the paper in the main tray. The slot loading Samsung's are a pain to use.

Searching the net reckons that it's the air in the envelope that causes the creasing when it passes through the fuser and hot roller. The more I think about it, the more that sounds plausible. Inkjets won't have this problem, but the running cost on an inkjet is sky high for the volumes we'll end up doing.

However, if you've gotten lucky, please let me know the brand and model so I can investigate for the school.

Thanks everyone

Is printing labels not an option? ie, print the labels and stick them on the envelopes?

 

[Asha'man X]

Is printing labels not an option? ie, print the labels and stick them on the envelopes?

That's what we currently doing, which works ok. However, the school wants to save time and effort and make it look professional, so direct printing is the next step. I've done more research and it appears the problem is endemic to laser printers. The rollers squeeze the air in the envelope towards the back and the heat roller then causes it to crease as it comes out.

Looks like Pitney Bowes have a solution, but it looks pretty pricey. Sigh

 

[Beachless]

Interesting, to test the theory take a thumb tack and make a hole in the back end of 10 or so letters and see what happens.

 

[MickZA]

Window envelopes not an option?

 

[ChilliGirl]

Have you considered a printer that can use the 940/920 xl cartridges?

Costs more per unit, but the costs pers page is a lot cheaper than other ink printers...

 

[ABU]

You should consider one of the Lexmark Pro Series Multifunction InkJet Printers that take the 105xl cartridge.
Original cartridges are available for R35-R45 and yield 500 pages, resulting in printing costs of 7c-8c per page.
I bought cartridges a few months ago from TakeAlot for R34, resulting in a cost of 6.8 cents per page.

 

[Rickster]

You should consider one of the Lexmark Pro Series Multifunction InkJet Printers that take the 105xl cartridge.
Original cartridges are available for R35-R45 and yield 500 pages, resulting in printing costs of 7c-8c per page.
I bought cartridges a few months ago from TakeAlot for R34, resulting in a cost of 6.8 cents per page.

Is that the kind of printer that wont print if one of the 6/5 inks are empty?

I hear people talking about this and i just laugh, also i think...why the F did they do it like that....then i thought of money and it all makes sense.