Looking to buy a printer that can print on card (for clock cards)

FrankFalcon

Hi all

Can anybody suggest a printer that I can use to print clock cards on for work?  In the picture shown you can see that we have a HP printer that used to do the job perfectly, but of late the computer is giving up the ghost.  Basically, its just an excel file with all employee names in tabs.  We press print and the printer loads the cards into the bottom tray and up through the printer.
Any advice on a capable printer guys?

flaneurs_lobster

So the printer is just putting Number, Name & W/ending onto pre-printed timecard stock?

How many cards are you printing a week?

Is that printer used for other print jobs? 

forgotmyname

Is it not more cost effective to get a printshop to run off a couple of years worth of cards?

HillStreetBlues

forgotmyname said:

Is it not more cost effective to get a printshop to run off a couple of years worth of cards?

The OP has the cards, they needs info printed on those cards that change (date, name etc)

DullGreyGuy

forgotmyname said:

Is it not more cost effective to get a printshop to run off a couple of years worth of cards?

As long as you know the name of the staff and which weeks each will be working for the next couple of years else you'll be doing lots of reruns as staff leave and new staff start

GDB2222

I think lots of printers will print card stock up to 200gsm. Just check the spec.

I’m confused by the op which says it is the computer that is faulty, not the printer. 

Andy_L

FrankFalcon said:

Hi all

Can anybody suggest a printer that I can use to print clock cards on for work?  In the picture shown you can see that we have a HP printer that used to do the job perfectly, but of late the computer is giving up the ghost.  Basically, its just an excel file with all employee names in tabs.  We press print and the printer loads the cards into the bottom tray and up through the printer.
Any advice on a capable printer guys?

maybe it just needs a good dusting ;-)

jshm2

Any MFP could do that. You can pickup second hand Brother MFP's on ebay for cheap.  

Neil_Jones

Bottom feeder printers tend to decide they don't want to know after a while in my experience.

A top loader may invite unwanted bodies in but that aside they tend to be more reliable in that department in my experience as gravity helps, until said body causes the paper to go askew.

Paperclips, pen tops, rubber bands...   There's a top cover on those for a reason

Grey_Critic

Pretty standard card stoch so more likely dust clogging up the system. I gradually accumulates 

FrankFalcon

forgotmyname said:

Is it not more cost effective to get a printshop to run off a couple of years worth of cards?

Not at all. Employees come and go. Week numbers alter.