Hardware for printing business cards

Sprout wrote:
 > I'm looking for a printer which will print on small cards the same
 > size as business cards.
 >
 > Does anyone know of such a beast??

I might add that you'd have been better off posting this to
alt.periphs.printers - you're likely to receive a more expert response
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 >From: Sprout rinkydinky DeleteThis @btconnect.com
 >Date: 01/14/2004 6:57 AM Eastern Standard Time
 >Message-id: <7iba005u8o9o1jch0k9hke5h1q07qa98a8 DeleteThis @4ax.com>
 >
 >I'm looking for a printer which will print on small cards the same
 >size as business cards.
 >
 >Does anyone know of such a beast??
 >
 >

I don't know what it is you want to print, but couldn't you use the regular
business card stock which comes 10 cards to a sheet, pre-perforated, and use a
regular printer?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On 14 Jan 2004 14:18:46 GMT, chrisj9876 DeleteThis @aol.comnospam (ChrisJ9876)
wrote:

  >>From: Sprout rinkydinky DeleteThis @btconnect.com
  >>Date: 01/14/2004 6:57 AM Eastern Standard Time
  >>Message-id: <7iba005u8o9o1jch0k9hke5h1q07qa98a8 DeleteThis @4ax.com>
  >>
  >>I'm looking for a printer which will print on small cards the same
  >>size as business cards.
  >>
  >>Does anyone know of such a beast??
  >>
  >>
 >
 >I don't know what it is you want to print, but couldn't you use the regular
 >business card stock which comes 10 cards to a sheet, pre-perforated, and use a
 >regular printer?

Can't do that because the cards are pre-printed with a design on them
already. I just want to print a bit of black text on them.

I'll try contacting Dymo as the previous post suggests.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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Sprout wrote:
 > chrisj9876.TakeThisOut@aol.comnospam (ChrisJ9876) wrote:
  > > From: Sprout rinkydinky.TakeThisOut@btconnect.com
   > >>
   > >> I'm looking for a printer which will print on small cards the
   > >> same size as business cards.
   > >>
....snip ...
  > >
  > > I don't know what it is you want to print, but couldn't you use
  > > the regular business card stock which comes 10 cards to a sheet,
  > > pre-perforated, and use a regular printer?
 >
 > Can't do that because the cards are pre-printed with a design on
 > them already. I just want to print a bit of black text on them.

Then head for your nearest rubber stamp maker and squander about
ten to twenty dollars for a custom stamp. LoTech has its points.
It probably won't fail for years, provided you remember to close
the inkpad

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:57:03 +0000, Sprout <rinkydinky RemoveThis @btconnect.com>
wrote::

 >I'm looking for a printer which will print on small cards the same
 >size as business cards.
 >
 >Does anyone know of such a beast??

Would it not just be easier to buy the card sheets? You can then
print them on any inkjet, laser or even dot matrix printer capable of
handling plain paper. Just use the templates (usually provided free)
for any of the popular graphics packages, and tear along the
microperferations when you're done.

It's more expensive than designing the layout and taking the file to a
printshop (at least in terms of per card cost). It's much less
expensive than using a specialized printer to crank out 1 card at a
time on 2"x3" card stock though.
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Thanks,
MCheu<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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I think a commercial product is available described as a "carrier"
used in printing individual checks, etc.

Perhaps that or something similar could be modified so you could
"stick" your cards to it and go from there????

Lurker

Sprout wrote:
 >
 > I'm looking for a printer which will print on small cards the same
 > size as business cards.
 >
 > Does anyone know of such a beast??<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:08:27 -0500, mcheu <mpcheu RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

 >On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:57:03 +0000, Sprout <rinkydinky RemoveThis @btconnect.com>
 >wrote::
 >
  >>I'm looking for a printer which will print on small cards the same
  >>size as business cards.
  >>
  >>Does anyone know of such a beast??
 >
 >Would it not just be easier to buy the card sheets? You can then
 >print them on any inkjet, laser or even dot matrix printer capable of
 >handling plain paper. Just use the templates (usually provided free)
 >for any of the popular graphics packages, and tear along the
 >microperferations when you're done.
 >
 >It's more expensive than designing the layout and taking the file to a
 >printshop (at least in terms of per card cost). It's much less
 >expensive than using a specialized printer to crank out 1 card at a
 >time on 2"x3" card stock though.
 >----------------------------------------
 >Thanks,
 >MCheu

Generally speaking, inkjets are unsuitable for business cards. The
ink can rub off or bleed and look bad-to-illegible, stain
clothes/hands/etc.

IMHO, the OP needs to take the cards to a real print shop and have
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