Masochistic as it may sound,
we actually enjoyed clearing paper jams with a couple of these printers. The control panel of
the Xerox 4230/MRP
directs you to the paper jam's specific area and requests that you open the correct doors to clear the jam. The LED of
the Dataproducts Typhoon 30
also gives on-target directions on how to find and clear paper jams. Note that, aside from a small mechanical failure in one printer, we had to cause the jams ourselves; the units showed no desire to jam on their own.
Interesting and innovative if nothing else,
the Lexmark Optra Lx's MarkVision
software alerts you of any problems with audio messages. Through the PC's speaker, you can barely hear the message "clear paper jam" when a paper jam occurs o
r "thank you" when you fix it. However, with better sound capability, it works great. This may be a little annoying to some, but mainly just to those who don't expect sound or who don't have a high-quality sound card.
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