Printers for heavy card - help

[Susie.A]

I have just been in the same position as you. I make charity Christmas cards, anything upto 1500 or even more each year so my printer has to take a real battering. That's without including all the other printing I do as well.

I use 250gsm card now and my last Epson R265 was packing in and I bought an Epson Expression XP750 from Staples. They even agreed to let me try it and return it if it didn't meet my requirements. They also price match.

It's an all-in-one which I don't usually like for pictures but it prints beautiful photo's. It is both a front and back loader and takes a 250 gsm card from the front without any problem.

I would like to use the back feed but it only takes one piece of card at a time which is a bit of a pain when you are printing hundreds of cards.

I will be keeping it, although how long the feeder will work as a front loader with the amount of cards I print I don't know. I may alternate and use the back feeder just to take the pressure off. I don't think any home printer is supposed to do the amount of printing I ask of mine and so far they have all been Epson and couldn't fault them. Hope that helps, it such a mine field finding the printer to fit your requirements.

[Ludmilla]

thank you for the information. Will get the printer you recommend. xx

[Ludmilla]

forgot to mention that after posting I carried on researching and was recommended a Canon PIXMA Pro9000 -it has this feature:

The printer features a built-in flat paper path. This enables thick photo and fine art media to be fed straight into the printer without the risk of bending or curling. It also delivers exceptional accuracy when printing fine details.

However it costs about £400, not sure whether to try that or the epson, hey ho, will let you know what i decide - thanks again,

Ludmilla