I'm looking for a decent laser printer that will handle a fair amount
of index card (3.5 x 5.0) printing.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
My 3x5 card needs are being handled by an inkjet actually. IP3000.
It's not the most ideal because of that pesky non-printable area, and
boarderless mode is only supported in the offical media types not any
of the custom. This includes 4x6 and business card sized. Also rotate
180 degrees which would be handy to fool the printer into printing into
the non-printable area would be spiffy isn't available in my version of
the print driver. But the important thing is I can load up with a
stack of just under 100, and they go through, twice.
Oxford blues #33512 are not the most ideal. There is some bleeding. I
typicaly print at 15 point times new roman as the cards are rulled and
that's the max size I can do and still stay in the line. The smallest
i've done is 8 point for a hiragana chart. The back side of the
oxfords seem to bleed less for some reason. I can easily spy the
difference between a Japanese A and O.
I would rather go laser. No doubt the quality would be better. And no
doubt a good deal cheaper. But because the market demands 4x6 photos
inkjets are designed for the job. Lasers in all fairness tend to not
like anything smaller than an envelope. I'm sure there are lasers that
will do the job, as well as perferated paper with a set of 2 x 3 or
possibly 2 x 4 sets of index cards. But this sub $150 printer (I paid
$65 at the time) does the job "well" on feeding media that costs a
penny per save some minior bleeding.
