I print invitations and announcements on heavy card stock that contain text, graphics and photos . How is graphic &amp; photo print quality?
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Once or twice a month, I print on 100# or 67# heavy 8-1/2x11 paper. For this reply, I just printed a page containing color photos and an org chart using Word shapes. I printed it on both 100# and 20# paper and the quality is excellent and indistinguishable between the regular paper and the heavy paper. If you are printing heavy paper every day, I don't know if it would cause problems; I've never had a jam or the like. With 100#, the single-sheet manual feed may not pick up the page, so I simply place the 100# sheet in the paper tray.
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I would not say this has the feel of magazine paper nor is it card stock. I is good quality paper that prints colors very well with ink jet printers. You need a thinner paper than this. I'm sure you can find it on Amazon.
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I have never used card stock (yet)...but I have owned Canon Printers for YEARS-- and I could count ALL the paper-jams on one hand, and not use all the fingers... Others have said they printed card-stock just fine.
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I have a print shop and have used just about every weight of this paper! The text weight isn't great, it is only a bit thicker than copy paper and dents really bad and easily! With the cardstock, try to stay around 88lb or 92lb because some of their shimmer papers over 100lb won't run through even my best printers.
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Textured card stock makes my cards look like I purchased them and not like I printed them from home. I can't tell you how many times people told me thanks for the lovely card. There have been absolutely no problems with the paper working in my printer and I don't think they cost any more than regular card stock. Go fancy and have fun!
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Hi Jill. I've used the printer to print thicker stock than regular paper and it struggled a little. Couple jams or incorrect feeds before I got what I wanted. It's a good printer. But I'm not sure how pictures would do. Hoped this helped.
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You want the card stock. I got the text for my programs and I wished it were a little heavier.
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Yes it will provided you use a normal card stock (i.e. business card stock or greeting card stock). Thicker stocks tend to slip or jam. One other caveat - the stock will come out with a slight curve or bend to it, so you have to bend it back into a flat piece of paper. No big deal, just want you to be aware. The machine is rock solid and produces very nice images. (Oh, and don't use glossy stock unless it is specifically formulated for laser printers instead of inkjet printers. The ink won't fuse to glossy stock and will smear right off the paper.) Hope that helps.
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Yes and No. It does but it is not as sharp as photo paper. It is as good as the quality of print your printer gives for greeting cards. I thinkwhat I''m trying to say is the weight of the stock is not equivalent to photo stock in weight. I do a lot of cards and have on occasion scanneda picture into the greeting card and was pleased with the outcome. I want to say that the size of the card stock is not the size of pictures,i.e. 4x6, 5x7, 3x5 8x10, etc.
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The printer is not very ruggied. Would not use it for heavy stock on a routine basis.
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I called Epson directly with this question, and the rep said "To be honest...." this printer isn't really designed to handle the "stiffer" paper, like cardstock for greeting cards or business cards. I appreciate their honesty! because I was all set to get this printer, but it turns out it isn't designed with one of the major functions I want. ((Weird -- it makes coloring book pages and prints on DVDs -- but won't print on cardstock?!)Back to the drawing board.....
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Depends on your definition of "quality pictures". This printer all print acceptably, but not professional photo lab quality. There are far better printers on the market for photo printing (look for one that uses more colors).
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That should work well-- it's the shiny side you want. I have same printer and paper, and my prints are outstanding. Are you printing from Photoshop? I just noticed that I always select Standard by default-- but choosing photo shouldn't make any real difference like you describe.
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Yes. It will print on card stock. I just tried it a couple of days ago and it worked fine.
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i think quality is good because the each line is a vector. so u can set the pdi from pdf to jpg as you want.
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Quite well for a laser printer. They are not quite true photo quality but for a business flyer or similar they are superior to any other laser printer I've used. The toner OKI uses gives a nice shine and finish to the picture and I would say that if you need better then you would be better off going to inkjet photo paper and an actual photo printer. Hope this helps.
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Honestly, as good as this printer is for large-format photographs I think it would be overkill for things like invitations. It is optimized for very subtle color gradation using multiple ink tanks for use with specialty photo papers, something that would not be appreciated on the kind of card stock that invitations are printed on. Using so many ink tanks make it relatively costly to use compared to a more suitable printer. While I couldn't recommend a particular brand or model without seeing what you're printing and what quantity you have in mind, 4 ink tanks is enough to create excellent color for graphics/photos printed on card stock. Look for a printer with very large ink tanks (the manufacturers publish how many milliliters of ink are in their tanks). Amazon has a "top-rated/best-seller" feature for inkjet printers, it's a good starting point.