My 14 year old HP printer up and died earlier in the week. It was a big, clunky beast but I liked it because it had a nice, flat tray in the back that could easily feed 100lb cardstock.
I went into Best Buy today (reminder to self, never go anywhere on a Sunday...Bloody madhouse) to look for a replacement but the staff weren't very knowledgeable about printers and it didn't look like anything they had available would print on heavy cardstock.
I did a brief search online looking for recommendations but there wasn't much of a consensus other than looking for old Canon or HP printers with flat feed trays.
Anyone got tips on a good printer? I need to print me some wargame stuff!
I have an HP Deskjet 1010something-or-other that has a rear feed and only bends the paper about 45-50 degrees. I've printed on 110 card stock with no problem. It was really cheap but the cartridges can be a pain to find. It's easiest to order them online. Even though it's discontinued you can still find it and a related one with wifi and scanning bed at Amazon. I'd get the latter one so you can use it as a copier in a pinch:
http://www.amazon.com/Deskjet-2542-Inkjet-Multifunction-Printer/dp/B00FIWMWAQ
SDR,
I would personally recommend picking up a printer from one of the MANY office equipment auctions that occur on a regular basis. Like this: http://www.ableauctions.ca/flyer/?EventID=138DAB65-0F66-5E3D-BD0CC328E154B749 (http://www.ableauctions.ca/flyer/?EventID=138DAB65-0F66-5E3D-BD0CC328E154B749)
A number of years ago (2005?) I picked up an HP 1200 laserjet black and white printer that served me well with cardstock printing until 2009. Total cost printer and 1 refill was about $200. In 2010, I picked up a color ink jet. I probably spend $200 / year on refills.
Thanks. I'm not sure the auction route is right for me as I still don't really know what I'm looking for in terms of printers. I do like that they now accept online bids though. I went to one of Able auction's events 6-7 years ago. It was a mishmash of recovered stuff from the police coffers. I had wanted to bid on a few things but I ended up bailing after about four hours as the press of the crowd was getting to me and they had just started on the collection of 200+ bicycles and they were selling them one at a time.
I am using a HP Officejet Pro 8000. It works well with 110 pound cardstock (although I normally use 67 pound).