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HP has a huge line of desktop/home printers. Check out what they spec out the weights of paper that they can handle. I have one and I've been printing my STDs on heavy cardstock through it.
If you're looking to make a business out of it, I would recommend a printer that has a tray that you can manually feed paper through. That would help with the heavier papers.
Don't forget to compare toner prices/yields on different models. Lower purchase price but high consumable price? No fun!
@PinkPinstripes: thank you, i will look into the HP line! what model printer do you use? what weight cardstock have you been using for your STD's? since my little etsy shop will just be a side thing i'm not looking to invest a ton into high end equipment just yet, but of course want something that will do a great job.
The Epson Stylus Pro line just can't be beat. They can handle super thick materials, including some kinds of chipboard, through the back feed. They're also designed to be workhorses & print consistent color in a commercial (high volume) environment. I use a couple of them with cover weight stocks (110# +) & haven't ever had a jam. EVER. If you contact an Epson rep, you can arrange to see a demo. The printers are definitely an investment, but for smaller format printing, I think you really do get what you pay for. (In for a penny, in for a pound was my philosophy.)
We bought a Kodak printer/scanner/copier a few months ago to print our wedding invitations. It was around $99, and we LOVE it. It is a great printer. We printed 160 invitations/response cards on one cartridge of ink. Our invitations were heavy cardstock, and they turned out really well.
I was very happy with it. It is also a wireless printer.
@MagpiePaperWorks: thanks! i looked at those, we use a couple models at work, but they are just too expensive for what i'm going for. like i said, not looking to make a massive investment just yet. if i get a lot of interest in my stuff then maybe down the road i'll get something big like that.
@Kemi82JP:I don't have the model on me, i'll check when I get home tonight! It's a multifunction and my favorite part is that is has a touch screen where you can load pictures (anything scanned) directly to a print website (fish something I think, can't remember). I'll update tonight!
HP Photosmart Premium C309g and yes! It's Snapfish! I was close :)
I bought an Epson Stylus NX515 from OfficeMax a couple months ago and couldn't be happier with it.
It has a tray in the back and is so easy to customize papersize. I've used it with no problems on PaperSource luxe fino paper...as well as to print a couple of lines of text on some postcards...and to put addresses and return addresses on all the envelopes for our save the dates.
I understand that ink replacement may end up being pricey, but I've printed hundreds of items so far and dont need to replace anytime soon..and it seems like you are already familiar with Epson and probably know about the cost of ink jet ink.
@musthavedietcoke: ooooo thank you! i will look into that one as well. the price sure is right and it sounds like you've had a lot of good experience with it.
I posted about my new Canon Pixma MP990 here:
http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/decent-printer-for-macs
I don't have enough great things to say about it! It pulled some hefty magnet paper through that I special ordered and is probably 2-3 times as thick as Luxe Fino Paper-Source paper (I have some of that at home too...haha). It feeds front to back or front to front and accepts paper sizes smaller than the average front load printer. The ink seems to last forever too. It's been telling me the ink levels are low, but I keep using them and the ink keeps coming. I'll replace them when I notice it. Best of luck!
Like Vanessa said, Canon pixmas are great! Not sure what model # mine is, but I use it for my home based stationery business. Keep your eye on the inks, though. They'll continue to print when the cartridges are low, but the colors will start to get skewed... then if you have to replace ink in the middle of a job, the colors won't match. The inks last a looooong time, though, but do replace them before you start an order if they're showing up as being low. Good luck!
@vaness13181: awesome, thanks! it's great to hear about other brands that i'm not familiar with! i'll look into it :)
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Hello hive!
So I need advice if anyone has any! I am done with my wedding but I want to start a wedding invitation etsy shop, as well as do the invites for my friend, so I am going to need a good printer. I have always trusted Epson and used to have a great one that wasn't very expensive but it printed really well! But that was a while ago so I am not sure what to get now. I don't want to spend TOO much but want to get a good printer that will be able to feed nice heavy high quality paper, or at least your average invitation paper like the stuff from Paper Source. I'm looking at the Stylus C88+ model which is similar to my old printer and around the same price point. However, the problem is when I made my invitations I tried printing them on my old printer, and that's when I discovered what bad shape it was in (hadn't used it in a year or more). The printer heads were all jacked but the biggest issue was that it couldn't grab the paper, cuz the paper stands up in the back so the angle seemed to be too steep for the rollers to grab. It was just your standard invitation paper from Paper Source, I didn't think it was THAT heavy weight or stiff. (I ended up going to a print shop to print my invites). So I am worried that if I get a similar printer it will have the same issue. Any suggestions??
Thanks!