Okay I have heard that one type of printer will take either type of paper but dont remember which way it goes so thats why im asking :)

So theres paper designed for InkJet Printers and paper designed for Laser Printers. Lets call them Laser Paper and InkJet Paper.

Supposedly one type of printer can take both types of paper without any issues. However the other type of printer can NOT at all.

Anyone know which way it goes?

Ink Jets ans Laser printers will take almost any kind of paper. It all depends on the output quality you require. The higher the required quality the more dedicated the type of paper you need until you get up to photographic paper.

You would have problems putting photographic paper designed for an ink-jet through a laser printer but a laser printer can take almost any other kind of paper. It's the weight of the paper that is going to be the deciding factor.

Stuart

I have both Color Laser and Inkjet printers and use the same paper for both.

What you may be thinking of is photo paper for inkjets has plastic sizing in it and shouldn't be used in Laser printers.

I think paper customized for one or the other may yield better looking results.

Laser printers work with heat, so anything that can melt can possibly ruin the drum in a Laser printer.

Well what im wondering about is in the store i work at we have Avery labels that say are for inkjet, and some say they are for laser. We do not have enough room to stock the different sizes for both types of printers, so for some sizes we only have one. This leaves customers asking if they can use the one type on the other type of printer.

So it is not photo paper so much that im wondering about, more for labels such as Avery Labels.

And are you sure its not more to it? Cuase I thought for some types of paper (such as photo) its that it needs a certain type of coating otherwise the ink will not stick to the paper. Or is this wrong and its only the heat thats the issue?

As I said the drum gets hot. The labels are made differently for each type. I don't know if the Laser labels will work in an inkjet but I know you don't want to use the inkjet labels in a Laser printer.

FYI, You can only run a sheet of address labels for a Laser printer through once. They wrinkle up and wounld feed again.

You should have said that in the first place. Labels are a different thing than just plain paper.

Label designed for laser printer are designed not to come adrift from the backing paper when used in a laser printer which gets hot.

Ink Jet labels need to be slightly thinner and more closely spaced so they don't get ripped of with the head sliding backward and forward.

Stuart