Posted by pat/WA on 5/2/12 12:46pm
Msg #419610

flex

Has anyone tried the Flex page separator software?
It is supposed to separate legal from letter documents without dual trays on your printer??

Reply by Jack/AL on 5/2/12 12:54pm
Msg #419613

Nope........Not needed for folks with dual tray printers....

Although I understand that some notaries may get into this business with a single tray printer, I believe most of us move up to dual or triple tray printers as soon ass we can. The page separator program will probably be handy for folks wanting to print all of one size page, and then all of the other, but I encourage them to suffer without it a little longer, in order to save for a dual tray printer.

Reply by HisHughness on 5/2/12 1:02pm
Msg #419618

Re: Nope........Not needed for folks with dual tray printers....

***I believe most of us move up to dual or triple tray printers as soon ass we can.***

Hmmm...been doing this a decade this year. Run three printers online, two laser and one inkjet, with a laser backup offline. Don't have a dual tray printer. Actually don't like mixed size packets, from several perspectives. Have never had a single issue arise over printing all legal.

Reply by SReis on 5/2/12 1:11pm
Msg #419619

Re: Nope........Not needed for folks with dual tray printers....

I think the only issue you may have Hugh is that you are costing yourself tons of money printing everything on legal. I hope you don't print borrowers copy on legal too, thats just crazy IMO.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 5/2/12 1:18pm
Msg #419622

Re: Nope........Not needed for folks with dual tray printers....

JMO, but I think it looks very tacky having everything printed on legal. You can tell on some docs, esp the Mortgage that it was supposed to be letter size. If I were a lender or a TC, I would demand a dual tray printer. Dual trays are pretty reasonable and if you don't have the right equipment, either get it or get out. The savings on legal paper alone will buy you a decent dual tray.

My dad (a bricklayer) used to always tell me that a bricklayer doesn't use a big knife for the mortar, he uses a trowel an a carpenter doesn't use wood screws for nails. Use the right tools and you'll get the job done right. I can still hear him saying this.

Reply by HisHughness on 5/2/12 1:38pm
Msg #419625

Re: Nope........Not needed for folks with dual tray printers....

***if you don't have the right equipment, either get it or get out.***

Interesting what different people emphasize. Me, I always figured that if someone isn't prepared to accept that others may conduct their businesses differently, then she should get out of the business world altogether. And, just like those who are so judgemental of others' practices, I don't make many friends with that attitude.

Reply by Jessica Ward on 5/3/12 1:57am
Msg #419728

You'd save a BUNDLE on a paper with dual tray

I buy HP P2015 printers at surplus stores (school districts, big companies, and even just recycled computer stores). I've bought three of them, all for between $25 and $75 with print counts ranging from 30,000-500,000.

Because they were "old" printers, I kept two in reserve for a long time, but never had one break. Now I have one online, one offline (just in case the other one breaks) and sold another one for twice what I purchased it for.

I love these little printers, and the most expensive repair I've ever done was a set of rollers for about $15. They're obscenely fast, and I can print borrower's copy on letter (shrink to fit). They are also lightweight and portable unlike a lot of laser printers.

While some TC's don't mind everything on legal, many places have an extra recording fee for the legal sized pages, so they don't like the deeds printed that way.

But honestly, at the rate you must be going through legal paper, I'd spend the $50 and test-run a used dual tray and see what you think. if you love your present printers though, I can understand not wanting to part with them.

Reply by MW/VA on 5/2/12 2:27pm
Msg #419629

There are still plenty of notaries that use a single tray

printer & print on all legal-size paper. I think someone ran the #s a while back, and the cost savings isn't that great. From my experience, the majority of docs are coming through on legal anyway.

Reply by Linda Juenger on 5/2/12 2:49pm
Msg #419643

Re: There are still plenty of notaries that use a single tray

I'm sure their are plenty that still use a single tray, but why?? It is so much more professional to have the docs printed in the correct size. It is a reflection on US, not the lender and not the TC. WE are the ones that present the docs. I think it makes a huge impression on our profession when a document is printed on its correct size.

As far as a savings, it may seem only a bit of a savings, but over time it sure adds up like anything else.

Aren't their counties and states that will not record a legal size mortgage? That means extra work for "someone" to cut them off and waste all that paper. If I was the one who had to do the cutting, I would require it to be printed correctly.

I bet if you tried a dual tray, you'll never go back. They are wonderful. Started out this way from the beginning and have never been sorry.

Reply by jba/fl on 5/2/12 3:04pm
Msg #419644

I have dual tray and could not live without it.

I get very little printed on legal any more. My purchase ratio of letter to legal is about 4:1. If there is a $10 difference between the sizes, then I am saving about $40 each time I order. That is another whole case of legal, if I can get it for that cost.

Reply by MW/VA on 5/2/12 7:47pm
Msg #419687

I've been printing with a dual-tray for a long time &

wouldn't be without it. I'm just saying that it isn't an absolute requirement.

Reply by bfnotary on 5/2/12 5:09pm
Msg #419664

Re: Nope........Not needed for folks with dual tray printers....

About a month ago, I finally turned my Lexmark t630 into a dual tray printer. Oh my the amount I have already save on legal paper alone. And I always print borrower copy on letter since it is easier for them to file it. I love the dual tray. (once i figured out how to set it up that is).

Reply by BBuchler/CA on 5/2/12 2:46pm
Msg #419642

Never heard of it, where can you find it?

I had a dual tray printer that just died. I'm hesitant in purchasing another one simply because I don't do that much loan work, and I have two other single tray printers that I could "use".

Reply by Mark/SanJose on 5/2/12 5:46pm
Msg #419667

Dual tray add-on is only $35-$125 most printers

Why mess up the docs and hassle with some software when for few $ you can just click print and it prints?

Reply by Kathy/NJ on 5/2/12 8:12pm
Msg #419693

Re: Dual tray add-on is only $35-$125 most printers

Getting the dual tray for my printer has made printing a pleasure, and much faster. I didn't think it would make that big a difference, but now I wish I had gotten it much sooner. It was $120, but worth twice that!

Reply by Joan Bergstrom on 5/3/12 12:56am
Msg #419724

Calif prices

Sam's Club Legal $47 per case (they sell 1/2 case at $23.50) and letter is $26. per full case. Do the math as most loan documents in a loan package are 1/3 legal and 2/3 letter.
You can pay for the 2nd tray in a month or two.

Reply by Jessica Ward on 5/3/12 2:06am
Msg #419729

If you don't have a dual tray printer, you can often add

You can often add a tray on your single-tray printer. I buy computer and printer bits and parts at a local computer recycling facility and they have a gob-ton of printer trays. For the big-brand printers, many can be converted to dual-tray with a $5 used printer tray.

My printer isn't "stock" a dual-tray, (I use an HP P2015) but I use the feeder and then the tray, and add a tray. I was thinking about adding more, but I haven't figured out if there is a limit for how many I can add.

Reply by BBuchler/CA on 5/3/12 2:42pm
Msg #419765

Re: dual tray printers

Hmmm, somebody at Staples must have seen these comments. They're offering $50 off a Brother printer priced at $199 or more. Now, the printer that went kaput (Brother) wasn't that much, but if I can get a better printer and still pay the same price, I will do that.

Okay, who called Staples - fess up