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["Sil Greene" <quack AT ibiblio.org>]

David's comments are spot on with my experience.  If your printer has a
hand-feed door (often located on the back side of the unit, opposite side
from the paper trays), try that first.

The only time I dealt with printing to cardstock, I ended up using the
printer to generate a standard paper copy of the text and took that and
the cardstock to the local copy shop.  Their big copiers handled the paper
much better than the equipment I had to work with, and I only paid for
copies (I brought both the master and the paper to print on).  The
problems I had with equipment were some mild jamming and trouble with the
toner fusing properly.

--Sil



David Mann said:
>>From: "Jim Ray" <jim AT neuse.net>
>>
>>Does anyone have experience running cardstock through printers for small
>>runs of, say, 25 at a time?  I surely would like to hear pros/cons from
>>been-there-done-that's.  It is a lot of $$$ either way.  Despite having a
>>couple of part timers in the technical domain, I am still basically a one
>>person operation and don't have $$$ to throw around.
>
> I would say try it with your printer and find out.
>
> Issues I've had are:
>
> Paper Handling: The printer you have may not feed well with thick
> paper. Some printers have a convoluted paper path which makes
> printing heavier stock a pain. If you hand feed each one you may
> be able to give the paper a straighter path through the printer.
> But sometimes even if the printer is rated for card stock it may
> still jam often.
>
> Fusing: On a Brother laser printer that I had the toner wouldn't fuse
> properly on thicker paper. 20lb bond, no problem. Card stock would print
> fine, but the toner would rub off if you looked at it wrong. I tried many
> different card stocks with different finishes and had the same result with
> this particular printer.
>
> I suggest buying a small amount of the paper you want to use and try it to
> make sure it feeds reliably and fuses properly.
>
> -- Dave
>