Easily one of the best videos about printing on cardstock.  included points i didnt consider previously

Keith, you are awesome! I still don’t know what printer to buy but you have helped me get closer. Thank you!

Great thanks Keith,

Finally I bought a printer! I went cheap for the G650 (cheaper than the G550) which hopefully is actually cheap to run. Need to revisit your earlier vids and written review for good media as well as all the 'profile' stuff and your test shot and description how to read it and...  (not enough hours in the day!)

Spot on.  I don't print cards much at this point but that certainly could change.  I personally wouldn't think about printing anything in large amounts without a professional printer for any of the projects I might do at this point (prints, stickers, t-shirts, etc.).  I really appreciate that you approach all sorts of printing types.  I'll be interested in the dtf if/when you can speak on the subject.  I like that you have a strong emphasis on the business side - I think it's an easy beginning mistake buying a printer to do bulk work (that isn't designed to) and underestimating the effort it takes to push through so many prints.

I might have missed a couple of sentences wondering how often you get that red-capped dry marker(?) out of the fish-bowl...I'd like to see that on video. :)

the blank card is scored with the raised crease on the outside of the card, did you ever run into problems with printer jamming the paper because of this? I have G650 and 8550.

Hi Keith. I'm in the process of deciding which printer to buy and you're videos are extremely useful! Thank you 😊
I narrowed it down to the ET 4850 but then decided on the ET 8550/8555 as although I will use it for occasional document printing, I will mainly print reference photos to paint from, so 6 tanks will give better colour accuracy. I was thinking of printing cards too, but you're content about borderless prints and maintenance has made me think twice. Can you confirm whether standard photo prints also lead to higher maintenance from the ink spillage and whether it's possible to opt for prints with borders on all photo printing to avoid this issue?
Many thanks.  Lucy

I thought this video might be about playing cards. I have an Epson ET-8550 and I wanted to print some proxies of Magic the Gathering cards. (Proxies are stand ins for expensive cards that you can't afford to buy, they're not suppose to be sold.) I went down a rabbit hole of trying to find the cardstock, how to align the front and back of the cards, and how to cut them out. Turns out that printing good quality playing cards at home is a real hassle and not worth it unless you enjoy repetitive tasks and redoing failed prints. Still, if anyone knows where I can get sheets of blue- or black-core cardstock sheets, please let me know.

Hi Keith, thankyou for your videos! I have bought and tried various card from Marrutt, Fotospeed and Pinnacle. All of them, regardless of gsm, start to bend after 20 minutes stood on the mantlepiece and don't seem to be able to support their own shape, in a way that 'shop bought' cards (or ones sent to printers) can. These are supposedly cards specifically for this purpose (IE not cheap 'card stock'), so I'm guessing there's a specific reason? Can you shed some light? Thankyou!

Thought the subject would be about PVC cards. After I bought my printer for photos, I found out it can print cards so did a small business selling Google Reveiws card to small shops with NFC. used Timeskey cards as it works with inkjet printers and it worked great for borderless designs. only downside, along the road I found it prints leaving very small gap in one border. Not sure how this can be fixed other than changing my desgin.

I'm looking to replace my current 2-year old HP OfficeJetPro 8025e printer with something (anything!) and came across your video, which has been quite an eye-opener. For instance, I had no idea borderless printing could upset the inner workings of a printer so much. Would the Canon G-series be suitable for card of minimum 200gsm, preferably a bit thicker? Speed is unimportant as it's not for business, just personal use. The HP was fine for the first few months but is now useless unless I print in black and white, Word documents or Excel spreadsheets. Posters and flyers for my choir concerts and greetings cards of anything over 160gsm are a non-starter. The printing starts halfway down the page if I'm lucky, the colours are whatever it feels like putting out and the pages frequently come out skew-whiff. I don't have the budget or room for A3. If the Canon isn't suitable, can you please suggest something which is? Thank you so much!

Hi Keith can you recommend an at home printer for printing colour marketing material on thin card? I am a very small business, printing max 5-10 per day

I'm actually going to be using my new l8180/et 8550 mainly for printing stuff on art papers/regular thicker papers, and crafty things cards with my art included, so hopefully it goes well :))

and so far I haven't seen any marks but I wanted to also print photos as well, since this printer is a "photo printer" after all, I noticed that all the glossy papers (even epson ones) I tested have these infamous roller marks, though I'm not sure which ones it was about in the past, because all my glossy ones get these little dot-line indents - these dots are really tiny, but visible at the right angle (and also mainly one of the papers gets some deeper line indents too, sometimes more, sometimes less 😅 but I'm guessing it's maybe because it's not a perfect match with the setting, since it's not an "official" paper).

But I also noticed that on a print I got from a friend that's using a totally different eco tank printer (L3251, smaller one that prints up to a4) these dots are also there 🤔

I looked at prints mid printing and those little white spikey wheels moving the print forward are the culprits apparently.

So is it like this in every epson (/ecotank epson 🤔) printer or was it just the two of us getting not quite lucky all the way? 😂 (Because I'm primarily happy I don't really see those roller marks on my "matte" papers, maybe only from time to time, a little barely noticeable line). I heard some people got quite visible lines on thicker "art" papers, so I'm thinking whether it's just a universal thing on glossy papers or is there something wrong in the end/something I'm missing 🤔

Hi Keith, I am looking to buy a printer for making DIY cards for selling on Etsy. Do you have any recommendations for this? A5/A6 cards, colour,

if i am selling those cards to another person and if the printa could get damaged by water cause it's a dye ink, wouldn't that be an issue?

Hi what would you recommend for a first time buyer looking for a all in one (scan, copy & print) ink tank printer for mainly scanning sketches/paintings and printing photos. Would it be better in the long run with an A3 size unit rather than A4? Thanks.

Hi Keith. I've watched a lot of your videos and have been really impressed with your knowledge and how you share it with others. I want a printer for bluray covers I make in Photoshop so I suppose photos and graphics and clear text. Would an Epson Ecotank 2850 or the Canon G650 be up to the task and which paper should I use? Both are in my price range. I don't know how to contact you to go into more detail so trying not to take up too much of your time on here, thanks.

What’s your view on the quality of canon selphy for 4R

I have the XP 15000.. aside from cheaper inks in the 8550... would I notice better print quality if I purchased the 8550? I have the Epson V600 scanner so I don't need the scanner feature.

Hi, I currently have a Canon Pro 100s which I use for printing cards and art prints.  I'm looking to buy a new printer for printing my cards as my Canon has stopped auto feeding my cards and I have to push them in individually (It used to work but stopped for some reason)  Do you know if any printers will auto feed cards?  I've been looking at outsourcing but the samples I've received so far don't match the quality I can print myself.  Thank you!