Appreciation post: I spent $200 on 'luxury' metallic paper for a client brochure and the printer just jammed and ate half of it.

I mean, the whole batch got chewed up in the rollers and now I'm staring at a pile of expensive confetti, so has anyone found a specific brand of metallic stock that actually feeds through a standard office printer without a fight?

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quinn_kim454d ago

Man, I gotta disagree with you here. Metallic paper is always a pain in regular printers, that's just how it is. You're asking the wrong question, honestly. The real issue isn't the brand, it's that standard office printers aren't built for that heavy coated stuff. They just don't have the grip or the right path for it. You're better off finding a local print shop that runs a laser printer with a straight paper path or a bypass tray. Saves you the headache and the cost of ruined paper.

the_jenny3d ago

Oh man, @quinn_kim45 is totally right. I tried printing fancy metallic invitations once and my home printer just ate them (like, literally crumpled two sheets into a sad little ball). The coating on that paper makes it way too slick for those little rubber rollers to grab right.