Printers for heavy card - help

[krafty1]

Just purchased Canon Pixma MG5350 on amazon £87.00 recommended by people on forum . One lady used 325gsm card. Hope this helps

Brilliant, thanks mollypolly! I've just ordered a refurbished one from Canon's outlet on the auction site, £49.99, including a years warranty so should be ok

If anyone is still looking for one of these printers then the canon outlet on the auction site has finally got them back in stock and are still selling them at £49.99

[IcedGem]

Just found a second hand Canon MG5350 for 69.99 on the auction site, but from a seller not Canon outlet Can't wait to try it out!

Any tips on where to get the inks? Not sure if I want to use compatibles....

Thanks
Alison

[Dan99]

Well, mine arrived today and I've just finished setting it up and testing it.

Only one word for it, absolutely BRILLIANT! (Oh wait, that was two words, ah well... )
Print and scan quality is excellent, just did a couple of test prints on 300gsm card and I couldn't ask for a better result, so made up with it!

[Susie.A]

Does the paper feed more from the back for the heavyweight card? Also how many sheets of card can you put in the feeder at a time please oh and how many inks does it use?

[yorkshirecrafte]

Well, mine arrived today and I've just finished setting it up and testing it.

Only one word for it, absolutely BRILLIANT! (Oh wait, that was two words, ah well... )
Print and scan quality is excellent, just did a couple of test prints on 300gsm card and I couldn't ask for a better result, so made up with it!

I got mine too - it is absolutely fab! wish I'd got it earlier. Now, do I NEED another one?!!

[Susie.A]

I see Argos have sold out!!!

I'm so tempted but I have three printers at the moment. Two working and one on it's way out because it's smearing black ink on the back of the card which isn't so bad but if I'm printing cards and want to print the insert directly inside it's useless.

Sounds great for printing my charity cards though. What's it like on ink use please?

[Dan99]

It has a pullout drawer at the front for regular paper and heavyweight card feeds in from the back, yes. It has 5 separate inks, 2 black (dunno why it needs two) and the usual other 3 colours, cyan, yellow and magenta. I didn't try a stack of card in the rear tray, the test prints I did were just one sheet at a time. After seeing your question I tried it with a stack of 20 sheets of 300gsm card in the rear tray, printed a 3 page document on it and it didn't struggle at all. I'm not sure how many it will take but looking at how the 20 sheets are filling the tray I'd say it might take 30 or so at a time.

[BathBelle]

I got mine this week and have printed approx 90 wedding save the date cards on 250 gsm but have also tested 300gsm and thicker with no problem. Liking it so far!

[lruk]

It has 5 separate inks, 2 black (dunno why it needs two) and the usual other 3 colours, cyan, yellow and magenta.

Canon printers that have 2 blacks use one for printing photos and colour docs and the other, which is usually larger, for printing just black as in text documents.

[here be dragons]

I am very tempted by this, but I do need a printer that is not only rear feed for card, but is also a really good photo printer - does this one fit the bill?

Wendy

[Crafty Sandra]

If you use card/photopaper it feeds from the back. You can put a stack of card in to feed don't have to do one at a time. It takes 5 inks.

[Barbara13]

Been watching this with interest and have 1 question
Does it take compatible ink cartridges ?

[Dan99]

It does, but as I've only just got mine I'm still on the official cartridges, not tried others.

[mollypolly]

I use card from the back . I have only fed one sheet at a time ,have not tried multiple sheets. It uses 5 ink cartridges. These can be purchased from Stinkyink .com very reasonable price good reviews. Bought some for £12.00 as spare for when my ones run out. Hope this helps

[BathBelle]

I've fed 10 sheets through the back feeder no problem. The only thing I don't like is the way it takes ages to start with lots of clunking and whirring - though I understand this is usual for Canon printers.