Fancy card printing on Laserjet printers

[Mark]

Hello there,

I'm trying to print some cards on a laserjet printer but I'm having
problems.

The black "ink" of the laserjet does not seem to stick on the paper like
they do on smooth paper. Blocks of black carbon peels off after printing.

What solution / settings should I use to overcome this?

I tried reducing the resolution printing from 300 dpi to 75 dpi and tried to
recolor the object from dark black to more grey. Much better but the black
carbon ink still peels off slightly.

I think it's also due to the fact that the surface of the paper is slightly
uneven.

Thanks.

[ra...@my-deja.com]

In article <39fce...@news.tm.net.my>,

Hi,

Have you tried printing on normal stationary, and putting the fancy paper
into a copying machine? This type of toner is more sticky, so I guess it
would not 'peel off' like you said.

Richard (NL)

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[J. Clarke]

Is the paper rated for use in laser printers? Some have coatings that do
not survive the fuser temperature.

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[Bill Brown]

It's possible that the heater in your laser just doesn't get the card stock
hot enough to really melt the plastic toner. When I print laser business
cards I noticed the toner would flake off in my wallet. One day I tried
running the cards through a laminating machine and it really improved them.
It also might help to run them through a copier with no original, again to
get the plastic toner hot enough to remelt. Your wife's iron is suggested
as an absolute last resort! !
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[Jan Steinman -- jan AT bytesmiths DOT com [remove .gov]]

In article <01c042ec$1dd9c520$4a071ad8@user>, "Bill Brown"
<bil...@teleport.com> wrote:

> Mark <ma...@tm.net.my> wrote in article <39fce...@news.tm.net.my>...
> >

> > I'm trying to print some cards on a laserjet printer but I'm having
> > problems.
> >
> > The black "ink" of the laserjet does not seem to stick on the paper like
> > they do on smooth paper. Blocks of black carbon peels off after printing.
>

> It's possible that the heater in your laser just doesn't get the card stock

> hot enough to really melt the plastic toner...

Make sure you're using the proper setting on the printer.

On the HP8500 (at least), you have to use the "Heavy" setting, which slows
down the paper as it goes through the fuser. With the "Heavy" setting, I'm
successfully printing card stock up to 300 gsm, nearly 50% thicker than
specified for the printer! But without the "Heavy" setting, I get toner
flaking on ~200 gsm stock that is "in spec" for the printer.

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[Mark]

Sorry for the silence.

As Jan Steiman pointed out, the laser needs to heat up the paper longer.
Just found that out.

So armed with the defunct 5L which does not have the "Heavy" paper option, I
had to "print" the already printed paper again using a blank page option so
that the paper would roll in and get heated once again by the printer fuser.

It's slightly better though but still not full proof.

Thanks for those who replied :)

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