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Has anyone else had any trouble running SU cardstock through their printer? I need to print on Pink Passion the other day, and it would print on 3 sheets and then it would get stuck. It was so finicky; it literally took me an hour of trying to get 12 sheets printed on. Is it my printer or is the SU cardstock just that good and thick?
__________________ mel mom to carson, cooper, cole, and cammie
I have found that when I print on cardstock I have to feed it one at a time. My printer isn't capable of holding the cardstock and taking 1 sheet itself. Wish I could train it!!
That's probably not much help. LOL
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Shar Archuletta
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I haven't had a problem, but I've only printed on the US White. The colored cardstock has a different texture, so that may be part of the problem.
__________________ Jennifer, SU Demonstrator
"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment" -Ben Franklin
I don't have any trouble with US white or any colors as long as I single feed the sheets. We have an Epson Stylus C84..not an expensive line of printers.
Sue
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I have an HP and have never had problems printing on cs - and I DON'T feed it one at a time. I have a friend that has a really expensive laser printer and she can't print on cs at all! She is coming to use my cheap little $200 printer! ($200 6 years ago! It is probably $100 to buy it now!!)
Have you tried changing the paper designation in your printer properties before you print? Even if there's not a choice for card stock, you might try a setting like "matte photo paper" which would be thicker than normal stock. It might help.
__________________ Malinda
Why did she make things? Well, she enjoyed it, of course; it also somehow helped her remember who she was and where she came from.
Some printers like mine which is Epson Stylus Color 980 have a feature for thicker stock that goes through it. I open the top lid and there is a lever to move. It isn't marked so we wrote thick and thin with a marker. Check you manual and you may have that same feature.
How does your paper pass thru the printer? Is it a back feeder or front feeder. If it passed through from the front, then it winds around a feeder drum and cardstock will stick there. Check your printer manual to find out how to select the paper thickness and it will help alleviate this. If you have a back feeder, then it is a straight through run. Usually there are less problems with feeding heavier paper with this setup. Again, there are settings for heavier cardstock that you might want to check into. Also, if you have run labels through before, you might have a buildup in your feeder and a cleanup might be all that's needed. I run only one sheet through at a time as well. I have a Canon.
Betty
Printing on Cardstock
