Does this printer work with cardstock?
1087666
Yes it will. Depends on your thickness. I print 100# 13.1 calipre with Epson all day. This one choked a bit, but took it. Train your Epson, be rough with it, it's not an HP.
1087667
OK, I have read the manual and read LOTS of online reviews and my answer would be it is NOT recommended for cardstock. People who HAVE run cardstock through it have eventually had trouble with the rollers not grabbing. There is a 'mode' for "Epson Presentation Paper - Heavyweight Matte" which is #44. The cardstock I have is #65. IF you need to run primarily cardstock, I would advise against it. OR be sure to change the setting to the Presentation Paper mode. If you can get by with a 44 pound weight paper, then it seems that this printer can handle it. I would guess an occasional piece of cardstock won't kill it but if you primarily print cardstock you might want a more robust printer. Hope this helps! PS. I usually use a high quality paper to print normal copies and it's #22 - just for comparison.
1087668
Mine does NOT print Cardstock... Prints on Photo and regular paper just fine though.
1087669
One reviewer named Gregory on Dec 24 reports it does NOT print with cardstock but his review is mostly negative. I'll let you know when mine arrives!
1087670
I have not been able to get my Epson XP-400 to print on any medium-heavy weight card stock, even when I hand feed it single sheets. I have a friend who was able to ram a few sheets of 100# pages through, but then the printer wouldn't pull any type of paper through after that. I highly recommend you don't ram paper through - the person below who says "Its' not an HP" so you can rough the printer up does not appear to be trustworthy or logical.
1087671
I've been having the same problem with cardstock. It would just feed through blank. I went into the Setup menu --> Printer Setup --> Paper Source Settings --> Paper Configuration and turned it OFF. After that, the cardstock has been running through just fine.
1570455
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.....
565327
If you are planning to print on card stock, I would strongly suggest you not buy this printer. Card stock, even the light cardstock such as business cards will not feed consistently...gets worse as the printer is used. Look for a printer that has a rear feed. I bought a Canon IP4920 for that purpose alone...it works great. The Epson 730 has a lot of nice features and works well as a network printer (but doesn't support Windows 8...yet) I love the little special drawer that prints on CD/DVDs....works great....software for that (and the scanner) is nice as well.
643431
The documentation indicates that the printer can print on card stock paper but I have not tried that yet.
75519
I have printed pictures and found that I need to remove the regular paper before loading the photo paper. I haven't tried cardstock yet. I do like being able to use third party ink. I do a lot of printing and my HP printer would not allow this or refills and I couldn't afford the ink for it.
565329
I use it regularly with 110# card stock and it will print on it. You might need to watch the feed. I've not had a jam but I have had more than one piece of paper try to run through at the same time. Overall, I'd say this is a very dependable and versatile printer.
1895774
Yes. This is why I bought one. You need the straight paper path becaus heavy stock won't work with a regular paper tray. This printer has both.I have used 110# paper, but I really like the Hammermill 80# card stock.It is bright white and folds well.
960067
Yes by all means. It accepts tons of paper sizes including even 3"x5" index cards to legal paper. Yes, photo paper works too. I believe this printer does something called borderless printing, so look for that in the settings. Also make sure you select the right paper type and size in the print dialog before printing :)
1570505
I believe it does, but I had to return 3 of them to Dell because there was a problem with the software. I bought this directly from Dell. Dell does not give out refunds easily, so they made me get 2 more before I finally spoke with someone who understood my dilemma. I finally went to Staples to get a printer and it works!!
565326
No, this printer cannot handle thick card stock. It takes paper from a bottom tray and then bends the paper in a 'U' shape internally to print and exit to you. As such, any stock that cannot bend easily may either not be taken in or may jam during printing. I've tried with thick watercolor paper for example, and the printer was unable to grab the paper. I suggest you look for a gravity feed printer for printing on thick stock.
75520
I haven't tried card stock yet, but I have printed photos on Epson photo paper in a variety of stock sizes without problems and good results. I loaded the cut sheets right into the tray and it fed in without a hitch.
1844084
How thick of a cardstock? I think with this printer it would (I haven't tried it but I did use a thicker photo paper which worked fine). Because the paper is stored in the bottom paper holder, unlike older printers where paper was top loaded and prone to mistakes. But I would think it would work for the 600.
1641745
I'm trying to remember if it does and I think I have printed on card stock paper... I'm like 90% sure it does. For the price it's very good printer and easy to use.
1844083
I also haven't used card stock paper in the printer. I use mine mostly for work related printing and the thickest paper I have used was 24 lb. bonded paper that worked fine.
1020673
Yes. We print a lot of stuff on card stock with our's and it prints nicely. Also prints on photo paper very nicely too.
1011751
Have been using this printer for many years using cardstock with excellent resultsWe would be lost without it !
824230
I don't know. I have an ink jet printer. I do know that you have to change the print settings as the card stock is thicker than normal paper. Sorry that. I could not help.