Choosing a printer for Greetings Cards Home Business

[@volli56]

I used to use an Epson ET-2550 kzbin.infoUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 , an early model of the ink tank style. It worked well, but had one nuisance that drove me up the wall; if you didn't put it in high quality print mode you'd get a streak across the page. I'm happy to say I have yet to see this with this printer. The print quality has been fantastic so far, the set up was super easy. All in all I'm very happy with this printer.

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

That sounds like a great alternative, to be honest I am still disappointed with the Pro - 200's print speed even when on a lower quality print setting

[@pieterpauwelbeelaerts5995]

Finding good inktjet paper cards online in the EU is difficult right now. I bought a second hand package from the german amazon site (the only one available) and the cards arrived damaged in the corners. Glad I have an OK paper cutter, but obviously this takes time to correct the errors. It is good to see UK and US have so much to offer, but for EU customers this means import taxes, long, long delays... It allmost makes more sense to get printable photo paper stickers and just stick them to matte printable cardstock.

[@msladartandlearning7250]

Thank you for your review. I have this printer and I have purchased so many card blanks. I completely agree re the issues printing vibrant cards using even inkjet card blanks. Can you tell me which paper you would recommend?

[@theFashionbandit]

Hiya! Where did you get the card from? Really struggling to find a good one!

[@dalekirkman5693]

Great video! How well does text come out on this printer? Is the text crisp or is it a little blurry like on quite a lot of inkjet printers?

[@moirakaynicol2733]

Re the speed, my epson R3000 smears on my chosen paperstock when it runs faster. So I like to keep the speed slower. It is fine on inkjet stock. Slow is good for me!

[@DarkDekieon]

Great video. Just an FYI, the printer's speed has nothing to do with its connection to the computer. It's speed is it's speed. The higher quality your have it print at, the slower it will go.

[@FlexyBlaBla]

Cool Printer! I am currious on your experience en experimenting with printing on canvas en embroidery over this :) The best of luck with your business!

[@thechronic4073]

Hi, thank you for your video, could you please drop the link where we can buy a semi-gloss paper for cardmaking?

[@pardeapsambi9465]

Very helpful information. Thnx

[@krzysztofgruca7723]

Hi. What paper u use? What you prefer for double sides print?

[@DSLatte1]

Hi, it's been two years now since you made this video & I'm wondering if you would still recommend it or if you've had any problems with it? I researched it and Consumer Reports rates it very low. I loved the borderless prints you did in your video and the fact that it did it on cardstock. I want a color printer mostly to make occasional cards and crafts, but want to be able to do it with ease without any problems. Thanks so much for your help, am really looking forward to your reply.

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

Hi! Thank you for your comment. It’s tricky. Pros: -Awesome Quality prints - Borderless printing - Can print on a wide variety of media - Very easy to use - Reasonably quick at printing Cons, - Drinks ink and they are expensive Purely because of the expensive inks I couldn’t buy this printer again for business purposes but as an all-round home printer I love it. I printed out a lot of my wedding photos on there and they look like they were professionally done.

[@bobsamurai]

considering how slow it prints, might be good for button making. get the most value out of each sheet, though there's more labor & shipping stuff to deal with, but it's another way to monetize the drawings you make. some people are button fanatics but don't care about patches. i don't get it either lol

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

That is an excellent idea! I've made a few sticker sheets on it now but badges are always popular at the comic-cons too. I've been looking for an excuse to buy a badge machine.

[@joegophotos1]

How do you carefully fold it after ?

[@elylioney6390]

What gsm do u print ur cards on?

[@RGdesignapparel]

Hiiii…I will be purchasing this one🎉is this good for stickers and bookmarks and notepads? Please

[@RGdesignapparel]

Also, what paper should I stock? Please❤

[@tarynsanmartino8930]

Thanks for hitting the learning curves on this printer. Very helpful to me since I'm contemplating purchase of this one. 😅

[@samuelf7436]

Hi :) what kind of paper are you printing, like postalcard paper types?

[@diannebarton3293]

I bought that printer in the summer after my other Canon Pixma died. I love this printer, as I do a lot of printing for the greeting cards I make. Until yesterday, I hadn't tried printing on 11 x 17 (tabloid) cardstock and I was tearing my hair out. 🤣. No matter what I did, it kept telling me the paper I had in the printer didn't match my settings. I had chosen the 11 x 17 in the printer settings, and also had selected cardstock as my paper type. There must be another setting that I'm not seeing. Do you know what I'm missing? 😊

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

Hello! Thank you for you comment. Unfortunately, I don't know enough about the printer maintenance to give you a definite answer, but the same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago when I was trying to print on some card stock also, so it sounds like it could be an issue with the printer itself registering thicker mediums. My printer did eventual print, I think it's something to do with a sensor inside the machine (could be some dust on it) and I adjusted my machine to make sure the paper was entering the machine as smoothly as possible (thing are cramped in my work space so I made sure nothing was touching any walls) and after that it worked. Sorry I can't offer better advice, that's just what I did.

[@kirstywhale7312]

Can you drop where we may find the semi gloss card x

[@emmagilmore615]

Do you have the link for the semi gloss 300gsm card? I've been trying to find something like that!

[@hifromkirsten5204]

same! @PinkBirdEmbroidery can you share?

[@jeannettesalazar6442]

Same where did you buy the card?

[@camillamilward2187]

I agree. Please could you share the link for the paper. I was hoping you might have shared it under the video. Thank you

[@Kai-O-Ken]

Hey, grewt video! Can you please kindly let me know where you purchased the semi gloss 300g cardstock?

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

Hi! The link is in the description :)

[@juliebyrne1145]

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[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

Diolch!

[@feleciapokallus3591]

Have you tried watercolor paper for ink jet printers?

[@calmandcohealing]

hi is this suitable for printing scratch cards ?

[@vixola4867]

I wonder if this is why my Epson prints so crap on card

[@billorr1975]

change print quality to Standard to speed up printing

[@mobilefreelancer3831]

Any printers that have cheap inks?

[@philfab5]

Great thanks

[@cipriansmith7403]

Is the card pre folded? If not I’d be interested in what you use to fold the card? Tia

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

Hi, yes it is already prefolded. I bought it that way to save time folding and did worry it would effect alignment in the printer but it worked fine

[@sabbey-]

Not one of your viewers' questions have been answered. ??

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

Hi! Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I had no idea these comments were here (possibly because it's an older video and no one has commented on it in a while) if you were looking for a link to the card I buy it from a store called Paper Spectrum, I've put the link in the description :)

[@sabbey-]

@@pinkbirdembroidery8281 Thank you, I appreciate your reply.

[@billorr1975]

this printer is overkill for greeting cards

[@pinkbirdembroidery8281]

What would you recommend instead? :)

[@T_Nice]

It sounds like you need the Canon Craft printer ts9521c for your card making and the use of different cardstock thicknesses. I own one and I love it! I came across this printer while I was researching printers that I could make my own business cards on and one that could print on cds which it does that and so much more! I am also looking into purchasing a large Canon photo printer such as the Canon pro 200 or pro 300 just for printing photos only. I wish you much success with your business!❤️