Printer for 3x5 cards and other small forms

Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms like 3x5 cards
reliably?

I have a huge HP 5000 LaserJet and a small Canon S830D photo inkjet.
Neither one handles small forms well.

I'd like to be able to define the page size (in Word) as the actual
paper size (3 x 5) and have it print one page on each card. If I do
that, both printers print the text in the wrong place on a standard
letter sized (8.5 x 11) page.

The HP orients the text in the upper righthand corner of the letter
page, but the paper guides align in the center. There doesn't seem to be
any way to feed a 3x5 card correctly. But even it I adjust the page
margins to force the etxt to be in the right place, the paper handling
mechanism doesn't like such a small form. Jams are frequent.

The Canon orients the text in the center bottom of a letter page, but
the guides align right. Again, there doesn't seem to be any way to feed
a 3x5 card correctly. If I adjust the margins, it works pretty well.

I did a search for label printers, but all I get are those specialty
printers that work off of a roll on peel-off labels. I didn't find any
that took cards.

I'd be happy to buy a special printer thay only printed small stock if I
could find one.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms
like 3x5 cards reliably?

My old Canon inkjet printer's put away
but it has plenty of rollers and metal spurs
to handle small forms.
It handled manually fed individual "hello my name is" labels,
which are about that size.
The paper path is straight thru from rear to front,
ideal for thicker media.

My "Craden" desktop printer was intended for banking,
printing passbooks and other small things.
It's dot-matrix, black ribbon only.
Perhaps some are still available?

I'm unsure of sources for it,
but I once found a box of fanfold index cards.
Even if you don't have a tractor feed printer,
perhaps run thru a sheet of 3-4 at a time?

On 5 Aug 2011 18:51:26 -0400, (Jeff Jonas) wrote:

Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms
like 3x5 cards reliably?

My old Canon inkjet printer's put away
but it has plenty of rollers and metal spurs
to handle small forms.
It handled manually fed individual "hello my name is" labels,
which are about that size.
The paper path is straight thru from rear to front,
ideal for thicker media.

So does mine. It can handle 4x6 cards, but jams with 3x5. Do you have a
model number? (Not that it's still available.)

My "Craden" desktop printer was intended for banking,
printing passbooks and other small things.
It's dot-matrix, black ribbon only.
Perhaps some are still available?

Never heard of them. I'll see what I can find.

I'm unsure of sources for it,
but I once found a box of fanfold index cards.
Even if you don't have a tractor feed printer,
perhaps run thru a sheet of 3-4 at a time?

I have a box of micro-perf cards, but I really want to be able to print
them one at a time.

On 6/08/2011 10:14 AM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
On 5 Aug 2011 18:51:26 -0400, (Jeff Jonas) wrote:

Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms
like 3x5 cards reliably?

My old Canon inkjet printer's put away
but it has plenty of rollers and metal spurs
to handle small forms.
It handled manually fed individual "hello my name is" labels,
which are about that size.
The paper path is straight thru from rear to front,
ideal for thicker media.

So does mine. It can handle 4x6 cards, but jams with 3x5. Do you have a
model number? (Not that it's still available.)

My "Craden" desktop printer was intended for banking,
printing passbooks and other small things.
It's dot-matrix, black ribbon only.
Perhaps some are still available?

Never heard of them. I'll see what I can find.

I'm unsure of sources for it,
but I once found a box of fanfold index cards.
Even if you don't have a tractor feed printer,
perhaps run thru a sheet of 3-4 at a time?

I have a box of micro-perf cards, but I really want to be able to print
them one at a time.


You may have to print 2-up that will give you 6x5 and just turn the card
around

On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:20:51 +1000, Rob wrote:

On 6/08/2011 10:14 AM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
On 5 Aug 2011 18:51:26 -0400, (Jeff Jonas) wrote:

Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms
like 3x5 cards reliably?

My old Canon inkjet printer's put away
but it has plenty of rollers and metal spurs
to handle small forms.
It handled manually fed individual "hello my name is" labels,
which are about that size.
The paper path is straight thru from rear to front,
ideal for thicker media.

So does mine. It can handle 4x6 cards, but jams with 3x5. Do you have a
model number? (Not that it's still available.)

My "Craden" desktop printer was intended for banking,
printing passbooks and other small things.
It's dot-matrix, black ribbon only.
Perhaps some are still available?

Never heard of them. I'll see what I can find.

I'm unsure of sources for it,
but I once found a box of fanfold index cards.
Even if you don't have a tractor feed printer,
perhaps run thru a sheet of 3-4 at a time?

I have a box of micro-perf cards, but I really want to be able to print
them one at a time.

You may have to print 2-up that will give you 6x5 and just turn the card
around

Did you mean 6x10? That is, buy larger stock that has 2 3x5 cards per
page with a perforation?

I have some card stock like that and it would work, but I really want to
print them one card at a time.

On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:30:41 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
wrote:

In article ,
Jennifer Murphy wrote:

Did you mean 6x10? That is, buy larger stock that has 2 3x5 cards per
page with a perforation?

I have some card stock like that and it would work, but I really want to
print them one card at a time.

That's not how printing works.

Really? Says who? Is this written in some holy book somewhere?

You print N-up on a large sheet, and cut them down.

Yes, well, that's one way.

You don't print on teeny tiny pieces of paper, one at a time.

Is that an order?

I guess 3x5 must be teeny tiny but 4x6 is OK, as most printers support
that size. I have just found several that support 3x5 -- just not mine.

On 6/08/2011 12:09 PM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:20:51 +1000, wrote:

On 6/08/2011 10:14 AM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
On 5 Aug 2011 18:51:26 -0400, (Jeff Jonas) wrote:

Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms
like 3x5 cards reliably?

My old Canon inkjet printer's put away
but it has plenty of rollers and metal spurs
to handle small forms.
It handled manually fed individual "hello my name is" labels,
which are about that size.
The paper path is straight thru from rear to front,
ideal for thicker media.

So does mine. It can handle 4x6 cards, but jams with 3x5. Do you have a
model number? (Not that it's still available.)

My "Craden" desktop printer was intended for banking,
printing passbooks and other small things.
It's dot-matrix, black ribbon only.
Perhaps some are still available?

Never heard of them. I'll see what I can find.

I'm unsure of sources for it,
but I once found a box of fanfold index cards.
Even if you don't have a tractor feed printer,
perhaps run thru a sheet of 3-4 at a time?

I have a box of micro-perf cards, but I really want to be able to print
them one at a time.

You may have to print 2-up that will give you 6x5 and just turn the card
around

Did you mean 6x10? That is, buy larger stock that has 2 3x5 cards per
page with a perforation?

I have some card stock like that and it would work, but I really want to
print them one card at a time.

When I print test prints on my printer I will cut an A4 sheet (21x30cm)
in half so it becomes two B4 (15x21cm) size sheets this is placed in the
printer one end and is printed one end only. Then I turn it around to
print the another end.

When I print test prints on my printer I will cut an A4 sheet (21x30cm)
in half so it becomes two B4 (15x21cm) size sheets this is placed in the
printer one end and is printed one end only. Then I turn it around to
print the another end.

An annoying option is to "tip in" the index card
onto a larger carrier.
Kinda like the way the credit card, membership cards
and such are attached to a larger page
and you have to peel it off.
But that requires a lot of manual handling:
using rubber cement or some Post-It style temporary adhesive
to cardstock to run it thru the printer.

On 05/08/2011 23:35, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms like 3x5 cards
reliably?

I have a huge HP 5000 LaserJet and a small Canon S830D photo inkjet.
Neither one handles small forms well.

I'd like to be able to define the page size (in Word) as the actual
paper size (3 x 5) and have it print one page on each card. If I do
that, both printers print the text in the wrong place on a standard
letter sized (8.5 x 11) page.

The HP orients the text in the upper righthand corner of the letter
page, but the paper guides align in the center. There doesn't seem to be
any way to feed a 3x5 card correctly. But even it I adjust the page
margins to force the etxt to be in the right place, the paper handling
mechanism doesn't like such a small form. Jams are frequent.

The Canon orients the text in the center bottom of a letter page, but
the guides align right. Again, there doesn't seem to be any way to feed
a 3x5 card correctly. If I adjust the margins, it works pretty well.

I did a search for label printers, but all I get are those specialty
printers that work off of a roll on peel-off labels. I didn't find any
that took cards.

I'd be happy to buy a special printer thay only printed small stock if I
could find one.

Any help would be much appreciated.
I use a HP 3845 inkjet that handles down to 10x13 cm (sorry I only had a
metric ruler handy. It's about 4x5"))I just put them in the front right
corner of the tray and they pick up ok. It'll handle "business card"
stock ok but anything stiffer/thicker and it might jam. I think it would
go narrower easily, but I'm not sure about length.

On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:18:19 +1000, Rob wrote:

On 6/08/2011 12:09 PM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
On Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:20:51 +1000, wrote:

On 6/08/2011 10:14 AM, Jennifer Murphy wrote:
On 5 Aug 2011 18:51:26 -0400, (Jeff Jonas) wrote:

Does anyone make a printer that can handle small forms
like 3x5 cards reliably?

My old Canon inkjet printer's put away
but it has plenty of rollers and metal spurs
to handle small forms.
It handled manually fed individual "hello my name is" labels,
which are about that size.
The paper path is straight thru from rear to front,
ideal for thicker media.

So does mine. It can handle 4x6 cards, but jams with 3x5. Do you have a
model number? (Not that it's still available.)

My "Craden" desktop printer was intended for banking,
printing passbooks and other small things.
It's dot-matrix, black ribbon only.
Perhaps some are still available?

Never heard of them. I'll see what I can find.

I'm unsure of sources for it,
but I once found a box of fanfold index cards.
Even if you don't have a tractor feed printer,
perhaps run thru a sheet of 3-4 at a time?

I have a box of micro-perf cards, but I really want to be able to print
them one at a time.

You may have to print 2-up that will give you 6x5 and just turn the card
around

Did you mean 6x10? That is, buy larger stock that has 2 3x5 cards per
page with a perforation?

I have some card stock like that and it would work, but I really want to
print them one card at a time.

When I print test prints on my printer I will cut an A4 sheet (21x30cm)
in half so it becomes two B4 (15x21cm) size sheets this is placed in the
printer one end and is printed one end only. Then I turn it around to
print the another end.

I'm not sure I understand your point. Your 15x21cm pages are roughly the
size of 6x8 cards. My printers will handle that size. They will handle
paper as small as 4x6 cards (10x15cm).

I need a printer that will accept 3x5 cards (8x13cm) without misfeeds.