I have been receiving quite a lot of questions from friends and followers on my blog again, so I thought I would resurrect my 'Frequently asked questions' series in order to answer some of them.
Today I am going to answer:
"What printer do you use?"
I use a Canon PIXMA MG5450 printer, I would say it is a mid range and retails at about £60. I chose this one because it uses separate ink cartridges, I think this is better when you are printing lots of coloured pages - you always end up using more of one colour than others.
I always use genuine Canon ink, it is quick and easy to change the ink cartridges with no mess at all. I tend to buy in bulk when I see a good price somewhere, our local Tesco quite often have BOGOF offers and Amazon can be very reasonable.
My printer will feed 300gsm card stock without any problems, I think I have probably used even thicker on occasion. It will also feed cut out shapes like card blanks and die cuts - I just attach them to a piece of copy paper with some double sided tape and carefully peel them off when they have printed. If there is a problem and I get a paper jam, it is really easy to just remove a panel at the back of the printer and remove the offending item.
I think that the paper you use is more important than the printer though and would recommend that you check out my blog post
HERE where I answer the question
"What paper do you use for printing?"
I hope you find this information useful and that I have managed to answer some of the questions that I have received. I would just like to say that I am
NOT recommending these products, I am only letting you know what I use.
Pauline
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