I have my second HP 6500 series printer and have no problem printing on any material including cardstock
My current model is : HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z
I contacted the HP Pre-Purchase department and told them what I wanted a printer to do. I wanted individual color ink cartridges; a scanner , copier and printer; to be able to print on regular copy paper, transparencies ( vellum) and cardstock.
They recommended the 6500 series and it does everything I want it to do. I highly recommend this approach since they know what their printers will do .
Most store clerks are clueless LOL
I also buy my ink from HP. They have free next day delivery . They offer rewards discounts after you hit a certain amount. I signed up for their newsletter and although I get a lot of offers for things I don't want I get the ink offer when they have a special deal . They just had take an additional $10 off $50 on top of my rewards discount .
My printer will take Extra large or regular ink cartridges. Through HP I pay around $11 for an extra large color ink cartridge that will print around 500 -600 pages . Black prints nearly 700 pages
HP like all printers have an ink level monitor, but unlike other brands you can keep printing after it says it is out of ink until it is really out of ink in all the colors
One time I was out of a color and printed a couple of recipes in pink
I had an Epson that would not print anything including black after the ink monitor said it was out of "one" color.
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