Greeting Cards

[GoonerGary]

I have a Canon Pro 100s sitting here not doing much and thought about doing some greeting cards. I am looking at 350gsm pre-creased cards, but will creased cards go through a printer? Most of my sub printers smudge ink when paper is bent.

[pw66]

I don't know the answer to your question, but is it worth investing in one of these? https://www.printcutandfinish.co.uk/man ... -machines/
The company are reliable - I have bought a couple of laminators from them.

[Justin]

I've done them in my iP8750 in the past but print area was a pain to setup and couldn't get near the edges. They were pre-creased though.

[webtrekker]

I have a Canon ix6850 and find that the Canons handle heavy and creased paper well. I've made lots of greeting cards in the past for friends and family.

The ix6850 has a setting to prevent paper abrasion when printing thick media. Maybe yours has too. It lifts the printhead slightly higher to avoid contact and eliminates smudges.

As for the creases, although I prefer pre-creased cards, I have also use a plastic 'scoring board' which came from Crafter's Companion. It does the job when I've run out of the pre-creased stuff. You have to be really accurate with scoring or the cards don't stand right.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crafters-Compa ... ROKL5A1OLE

Good luck! I love making cards.

[webtrekker]

Just another quick note: Some cards are great, others are rubbish. Just because they say 350gsm or whatever doesn't reflect on the quality of the cards you will receive. Shop around a bit before stocking up.

[UK Printed Mugs]

We have Pro 1000 and the IP8750 and tried greeting cards on pre-cut cards. Basically rubbish. You cannot print edge to edge apart on certain sizes (e.g. A4/A5) so you won't be able to get a full print on cards. Also you can only print on cardboard and all the pro cards are then laminated. If you're after that "printed at home" look then you'll probably be ok as long print is not edge to edge unless you want to cut down cards to size once printed. With hardly NO margin in cards due to the hassle then we get all our cards printed with printed.com and use the "TruCard 300gsm" which gives full pro retailer greeting card feel.

[webtrekker]

My ix6850 can do borderless printing which is the setting I mainly use for cards. As I said above though, I do them for family and friends, I don't sell them. Like a lot of things now in this 'printing game,' it's turning into more of a hobby than a business.

[GoonerGary]

Just another quick note: Some cards are great, others are rubbish. Just because they say 350gsm or whatever doesn't reflect on the quality of the cards you will receive. Shop around a bit before stocking up.

For a nice pre-creased heavy duty card, who would you recommend?

Thanks for all of the replies; it looks as if you have all tried these at one point and given up! I wouldn't attempt to print full edge to edge colour...leave that to the guys set up for stationery printing.