It is impossible to show accurate colours or the quality and finish of paper and card on a computer monitor. Both paper thickness and weight play an important part in the look and feel of the final print result. Firstly, you want to go for a laser printer as the quick print speeds and vibrant colour will show off what you need on a range of materials. Anything over 256gsm is usually reserved for their range of professional photo printers only, such as the P400,P600 and P800 models.

For example, if the label on a linen shirt reads 180-200 GSM, the shirt material would be thick and would probably keep one warm. I’ve had a look at the HP 553N and it seems to be suitable for the card i’ll be using if I use the manual feed.cards a month could be a little heavy duty for the Canon but it would accept Satin paper for Inkjets. This can be confusing as different sheets may weigh the same in GSM but have different thicknesses in microns.

Uniquely Creative's scrapbooking papers are generally more than 200gsm, making them perfect to use as a backing paper for scrapbooking layouts and to use to mat photos. In parts of the world that use the metric system, the mass per unit area of any paper product is expressed in grams per square meter (g/m2), or the weight of one sheet of 1-metre x 1-metre card.If you were to print on an Oki machine using a composite black (all four colours at once) then this could work, as it gives the foil a denser area to stick to. Much like their standard desktop inkjet machines, Epson’s Ecotank devices are rated to take a maximum weight of 255gsm, which is intended for Epson photo papers (Premium glossy is around 255gsm). Do you know of any printers which are capable of printing on the back of greetings cards with apertures.