We use NCR coated paper for our bill of lading app.  The paper does not like
the newer printers however.  We use laserjet 4's with no problem.  We tried
using a 4000 series, but the plastic parts in the paper path started to melt
due to the chemical coating on the paper.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Brandt [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:42 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [HP3000-L] Multi-part form printing with barcodes


I have a client who will be required to print a two-part bill of lading
containing some fields which will be bar-coded. This is for Walmart. Right
now, they are using dot-matrix printers to print the bills of lading, but
these printers do not do barcodes.

One of the things this client is looking at are laser printers. The problem
with this is that they require the driver's signature on both copies of the
bill. The current forms are NCR forms, so the driver has to sign only
once.  Can carbon-backed or some other type of form be run through a laser
printer where the driver only has to sign once to get a signature on both
copies?

Does anyone out there have any recommendations or advice?

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Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
313 N. 1st Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
http://www.northtech.com/