Dell 3100cn print registration issues

I have been having issues with my Dell 3100cn printing on cover stock.
When using my iMac, it has almost random results of page registration. This shift changes when printing from indesign, illustrator, to acrobat. & sometimes from print to print. It is not extremely off the page, but centering on a page even remotely close tends to be .25-.5 in shift.
I have all new and appropriate drivers and print through the MPF, but it seems to print fine from our pc 90% of the time. It prints regular stock fine. Any ideas?

Some printers provide a setting for selecting heavy stocks from the manual feed and cassettes. When you load the paper into the Dell, is there something on the control panel that lets you select the paper type or weight?
If not, check the driver. Under one of the paper settings there may be the option to select heavy paper instead of plain, which can adjust the speed of the feed and therefore the accuracy from pickup. Sometimes it also increases the temperature on the fuser (fixing unit) slightly to improve the toner bonding to the paper.
I would also check the specs for the printer. If you are using a paper stock that is outside the supported weight then no setting is going to help long term.
Pahu

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Welcome to Mac!
I can answer a few of your questions.
Malap wrote:
I have the latest version of the LION OS, whatever that is. I have no idea where to find computer data - there is no "My Computer" option, so I'm lost for a while.
Lion is the newest operating system for Mac, like how Windows 7 is on a PC. "My Computer" on a mac is called "Finder". This is what is looks like:
I understand that moving from PC to Mac can be overwhelming. I had to think about it for 2 years before I finally decided to switch. I used PC's from 1993-2011 and after only using a mac for 6 months I feel comfortable using them. Here is a link to help you adjust: http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/
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To change the paper source setting of the printer, please follow the steps located here. Please note, plain paper that is not Letter 8.5"x11", A5, A4, or B5 sized, and paper types other than plain paper cannot be fed from the cassette.
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