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I need help. I want to get a printer to get my invitation and favor business going at home. I have tried to use the printer at my "day job" but the paper never moves. I need help finding a printer that can print up to 110lb stock. Any suggestions on the best brand that can be used for that? I have been reading online but I thought it best to ask the splitcoaststampers community..
There have been lots of discussions about this subject in the past on the board.
My best advice is that the printers that have an outside rack to hold the paper and feed it through seem to work the best for cardstock. That way the cardstock doesn't have to bend much.
I tried to use cardstock with my hubby's printer which has an interior paper tray, and it was a disaster. The paper had to go around a roller inside the printer and got stuck. Big paper jam mess.
I had an inexpensive Lexmark which I loved, but it was old and finally got "wonky" on me. I replaced it with a Canon Pixma 360 which I got at Walmart for under $70. It has nice features, prints good color, and has the outside paper rack. Works great with cardstock.
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Can't wait to hear everyone's replies. I tried to print an interior message on 300 cards last year using PTI's white cardstock and failed miserably. I ended up cutting little boxes of text and then matting those sentiments. My paper kept slipping and not printing where I intended for it to. It was very discouraging!!
I agree with Bugga. Whatever brand you choose, you need a printer with a top feed. My HP printer is great, but it feeds from the front and doesn't work with the heavy cardstock. The cardstock won't make the bend. My inexpensive Canon has the top feed and has no trouble with 110 lb. cardstock.
We have an HP Photosmart Plus. It handles cardstock really well. It prints, copies, scans, and can fax too. The ink cartridges are really inexpensive too (under $15).
Not necessarily true for all top feed printers. I have an Epson Workforce that is a top feed printer and it will NOT print on heavy paper unless I scotch tape it to a regular piece of copy paper. I can only get away with Neenah cardstock with this trick, PTI or any other heavier cardstock refuses to feed through.
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Originally Posted by PaperManipulator
I agree with Bugga. Whatever brand you choose, you need a printer with a top feed. My HP printer is great, but it feeds from the front and doesn't work with the heavy cardstock. The cardstock won't make the bend. My inexpensive Canon has the top feed and has no trouble with 110 lb. cardstock.
I've had two Canons that took heavy cardstock. The one I have now, a Canon MP560, will take 203# cardstock that I use to make boxes in the rear feed tray. I've had this printer over a year and have never had a paper jam. I run everything through it - 200#, 110#, 80#, acetate transparencies. The only thing it doesn't really like is tissue paper, but I use a repositionable spray adhesive on plain bond and stick it to that. It goes through the printer ok - its just getting the tissue off the paper that's kind a PITA.
I think the trick is a printer with a straight feed path. Had a great HP laserjet at work that could print anything. My current home printer - HP Officejet Pro 8500 - has worked so far but I tend not to print anything heavier than whisper white or very vanilla. I also wouldn't suggest the Officejet for a lot of output but the HP LJ was a real workhorse.
We also have a Samsung LJ ML-2510 and that absolutely will not print even the lightest of CS. Sad.
Thanks so much for the feedback. I will review all the machines you guys have mentioned. I hope other people comment as I would to know their feedback as well.
I recently printed the wedding invitations for my daughter using #110 cardstock on my Epson Artisan 835, using the interior tray and the came out great. The secret I used was to change a different paper setting on my printing feature menu. I believe I selected one of the photo papers. Try playing with the different paper options that may help.
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