Printing on thicker media - advice please?

I've been using a fairly old but reliable HP Deskjet 980cxi to print
greeting cards and business cards, using thick material (up to 300 gsm.)
The rollers which feed the media have now worn away and I've had problems
with cards slipping and not feeding through. It doesn't look as though I
can get replacement rollers (or any other spare parts, for that matter) and
I'm now looking for a replacement printer which will cope with thick media.
Most of my stuff is black and white, so a laser would be a possibility, but
colour would be a useful addition. I nearly always print on A4, and I do
have another HP which prints A3 on plain paper, so I don't need anything
that big. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Harry Keane

Harry Keane wrote:
> I've been using a fairly old but reliable HP Deskjet 980cxi to print
> greeting cards and business cards, using thick material (up to 300 gsm.)
> The rollers which feed the media have now worn away and I've had
> problems with cards slipping and not feeding through. It doesn't look
> as though I can get replacement rollers (or any other spare parts, for
> that matter) and I'm now looking for a replacement printer which will
> cope with thick media. Most of my stuff is black and white, so a laser
> would be a possibility, but colour would be a useful addition. I nearly
> always print on A4, and I do have another HP which prints A3 on plain
> paper, so I don't need anything that big. Any advice would be appreciated.

If your media is unusually thick or stiff, the Canon inkjets have an
option to feed from the rear, so there is no bending of the stock thru
the printer.

"Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:zcWdnUpOxLwaF3bXnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
> Harry Keane wrote:
>> I've been using a fairly old but reliable HP Deskjet 980cxi to print
>> greeting cards and business cards, using thick material (up to 300 gsm.)
>> The rollers which feed the media have now worn away and I've had problems
>> with cards slipping and not feeding through. It doesn't look as though I
>> can get replacement rollers (or any other spare parts, for that matter)
>> and I'm now looking for a replacement printer which will cope with thick
>> media. Most of my stuff is black and white, so a laser would be a
>> possibility, but colour would be a useful addition. I nearly always print
>> on A4, and I do have another HP which prints A3 on plain paper, so I
>> don't need anything that big. Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> If your media is unusually thick or stiff, the Canon inkjets have an
> option to feed from the rear, so there is no bending of the stock thru the
> printer.
>

Thanks, that's useful. (I've been patiently trawling through "Technical
Specifications" on various manufacturer's website pages for numerous
printers - they don't always state the maximum media thickness, which is
frustrating. I posted here not because I'm lazy [although I am a bit...]
but because I hoped an existing user of such a printer would pop up with a
good recommendation.)

Harry

Harry Keane wrote:
>
> "Lon" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:zcWdnUpOxLwaF3bXnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d@giganews.com ...
>> Harry Keane wrote:
>>> I've been using a fairly old but reliable HP Deskjet 980cxi to print
>>> greeting cards and business cards, using thick material (up to 300
>>> gsm.) The rollers which feed the media have now worn away and I've
>>> had problems with cards slipping and not feeding through. It doesn't
>>> look as though I can get replacement rollers (or any other spare
>>> parts, for that matter) and I'm now looking for a replacement printer
>>> which will cope with thick media. Most of my stuff is black and
>>> white, so a laser would be a possibility, but colour would be a
>>> useful addition. I nearly always print on A4, and I do have another
>>> HP which prints A3 on plain paper, so I don't need anything that
>>> big. Any advice would be appreciated.
>>
>> If your media is unusually thick or stiff, the Canon inkjets have an
>> option to feed from the rear, so there is no bending of the stock thru
>> the printer.
>>
>
> Thanks, that's useful. (I've been patiently trawling through "Technical
> Specifications" on various manufacturer's website pages for numerous
> printers - they don't always state the maximum media thickness, which is
> frustrating. I posted here not because I'm lazy [although I am a
> bit...] but because I hoped an existing user of such a printer would pop
> up with a good recommendation.)

I have both a Canon 820D [older model] and an Epson R1800
Before you buy, check online help and forums to see whether it has a
rear [straight line] feed or bends slightly.