My client wants to move away from using matt paper to semi gloss somewhere around 80lb. Right now I have some one sided glossy paper that works with my laser printer. I used to have several good PaperZone stores around me but now that they all closed it can be hard to find a specific kind of paper. We usually do jobs in small batches (maybe a couple hundred copies per job) so going to a major paper distributor is usually overkill (like Westcoast Paper or Spicers.) This will be printing on a HP 4700.
Sorry, I would like to find 8.5 x 11 and cover. Staples had something kind of close that said it was "double-sided coating" but it only comes in 32lb. I have looked at Office Deposit and Office Max but I don't think they had anything. It's kind of odd you think something like that would be a fairly common thing to have in stock.
http://www.staples.com/Staples-Color-Laser-Paper-Glossy-8-1-2-inch-x-1 1-inch/product_633215
There is some Xerox on Amazon. Second hit when I googled it.
http://www.amazon.com/Xerox-3R11458-Digital-Color-Sheets/dp/B00170BKWE
Take care, Mike
I suspect the xerox is not, but this Mohawk is: http://www.paper2u.com/mohawkcolorcopygloss85x1180lbcover58lbbond250sh eets.aspx
http://www.officesupplieslane.com/xer3r11458.html
Is another source and says it is coated on both sides. I didn't really read the blurb on Amazon, it was just the lowest price at a couple places I looked.
Take care, Mike
Do they really want $20 to ship that Mohawk paper by ground?
That's as much as the paper it's self! I decided to buy the Xerox Mike mentioned as ground shipping was only $8 and it was 80lb. I also picked up several different kinds of double sided paper at Staples yesterday so I should have lots of options to play around with. Thanks both of you for your help!
Odd thing about that Xerox paper is that not all the colors are lining up when going through the printer. All the images on the top come out like this picture. As you can see the text in the logo is misaligned and there is a stroke on the top of the mountain which isn't supposed to be there. The HP and the Staples paper don't have that problem but then again they are not as thick. I wonder what would cause that to happen? I have printed 80lb Wausa matt paper in the same printer for many years and have never had this happen. Do you think a combination of the paper weight and it's glossyness is causing it to slip when it gets run though? Anyone else had this happen before?
Yes, it does have setting for thick and glossy which I set before printing. I wonder why it only happens at the very top of the page and not below? I noticed the paper seemed to be going though the printer a lot slower then it does with other paper. What kind of printer did you try this paper on?
I should have looked at your printer's thickest stock capaibility. I simply assumed...From HP's web site:
Glossy paper (letter/A4, legal, executive, JIS B5, A5)
NOTE: Do not use inkjet papers in this printer.
Range:
76 x 127 mm (3 x 5 in) to 216 x 356 mm (8.5 x 14 in) Range:
75 g/m2 (20 lb) bond to 220 g/m2 (60 lb) bond Maximum stack height: 10 mm (0.6 in)
Range:
60 g/m2 (16 lb) bond to 220 g/m2 (60 lb) bond
Many apologies from my part.
Mike
That is interesting I have been running thick paper through this printer for about 5 years.
I have ran about 5,000 sheets or more of this Wausa paper through (it is matt):
80lb Cover 216 g/m 216 x 279 mm
I have also ran through hundreds of sheets of this thick glossy paper as well (although it is single sided if that makes a difference):
Kromekote plus Cover C1S Cast Coast Finish 10pt. 219gsm, 216mm x 279mm.
I guess the doubled sided might make it more slippery but then it seems like the lighter weights would have the same problem?
pik80 wrote:
Yes, it does have setting for thick and glossy which I set before printing. I wonder why it only happens at the very top of the page and not below? I noticed the paper seemed to be going though the printer a lot slower then it does with other paper. What kind of printer did you try this paper on?
I suspect the registration problem is due to the knockout. You jdut don't see it in the are below because you have solid color there.
The last time I personally ran the Xerox stock was in about 2001 on a Documcolor 12 where I was working. I've seen it run OK on a Minolta BizHub more recently, but I haven't tried it in my own printer.
Now that I think about it I have had some issues with that 80lb matt paper as well. It looks fine when printed but sometimes the printer can't grab onto the paper so I have to push on it to help it though the printer. Hopefully my client will be happy with the 48lb HP paper that I got from staples. It is pretty good but I little pricey at a quarter a sheet.
I discovered that the print problem I mentioned earlier was caused because some faulty after market cartridges I have been using. I put in a couple of OEM cartridges and everything has been printing and feeding through the printer fine. I have noticed a real decrease in quality of those after market cartridges recently, they used to work fine.
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