Customer Reviews for Staples - Brand Self Seal #10 Business Envelopes, 4 1/8" x 9 1/2", 500/Box - White
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Flaps sealed OPEN when run thru printer
on July 30, 2009
Posted by: Paula K.
The sealing flaps sealed themselves OPEN when I ran them through my printer for a large mailing. Apparently the heat activates the glue. Had to pry apart each flap and bend them the other way to seal them. Every envelope looked like it had been opened and resealed - which they had!! Very disappointing.
I bought these envelopes online not realizing I wasn't buying "peel off" adhesive envelopes. These "self-adhesive" kind were slightly less expensive than what I'd paid previously for peel-offs but I just figured it was more of a bargain bcs I was buying online. They still weren't what I'd call economical. I planned to send the envelopes through my HP Color LaserJet 3600 so when I saw the seemingly exposed adhesive I was concerned. As it turns out they actually go through my printer much better than the old peel-off kind which tend to wrinkle up across the top. And no problems with the adhesive touching things it shouldn't. As a bonus there's much less waste--no trashcan full of backing strips!
These do not print well on our laser printers. They get bunched up and the print is messed up by the flaps. These might work on an inkjet type printer but I don't have one here to test them with. The seal on these works good. If you use labels or hand-write envelopes these will work fine.