finding a printer that will print very thin stock

[Grazuncle]

Hi.

We have a need to overprint on very thin preprinted stock. probably 60gsm though will have to weigh some to be sure.. ( it for adding an address for instance)

I have printed on this type of material previously using a Canon inkjet.. However it got used excessively till it broke down. I can't find a replacementthe allows the stock to be input from a vertical feeder.. This is the only type that would allow thin stock to go through with little intervention.

Nearly all printers seem to have horizontal feed from a cassette and the stock doesn't seem to be handled well. jamming is frequent..

A fast laser printer that handles thin stock would be good..

Any ideas bfore i contact HP direct?.. inkjet is ok too.

Thanks

[tonerspills]

what is the page size and what kind of volume?

8.5x11 10,000 per month etc?

[Grazuncle]

Hi.. I appreciate your help...

These commercially preprinted pieces of paper (that we need to overprint in a specific place) are generally A5 or less in size.  We need to print like this a couple of times a year.. around 12,000 per time.

We did this by inkjet a few years ago.. it was laborious but we got three years out of a vertical loading £100 printer!

Now we're paying a local company £165 a time.. so  £330 per year and no other benefit.

ideas

Thanks

[tonerspills]

Other than checking with your local electronics stores for something you like, the majority of your HP printers will run paper like this from tray 1 (the bypass tray) and it is located in front or side of the machine. The smallest wide format printer I can think of is the T120 that loads paper vertically from the back, but this printer is designed more for large page sizes, and is much more expensive than smaller desktop printers. A light weight paper like this at such a small paper size may try to skew in this machine, or any machine for that matter.

For this volume, you may consider something along the lines of a LaserJet M402n. Thats about the least expensive laser printer HP makes that would handle these specs.

As far as Inkjet printers, your production speeds will be slower, and you are still looking at a front loading tray for paper input. If it's possible for you to get some sample paper, take it to your local printer dealer and ask them to run samples. There is the HP ENVY 5660 e-All-in-One Printer, but its only rated at paper over 75gsm. Most HP inkjets are full color, I don't think they make a black only inkjet.

If it is possible to run this job 2 up, and then cut the pages apart post print production- they might feed much better- plus the job would print twice as fast. don't know if thats a possibility or not. Best of luck!

[Grazuncle]

Thanks for the suggestions

The printers I used in the past although vertical feed always centralised the paper rather than force it to the left or right side. the guides both came in from the sides together.

I'll keep looking.

Thanks again