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The card stock has a black core. It is specifically designed for making playing cards, so that you cannot pass light through the stock (anti-cheating) and so that it has great snap. Thanks for the tip about Mohawk. I'll definitely check in with them.

For years we've been purchasing our cored card stock from ArjoWiggins. However, our sales rep just told us they have shut down the plant that makes this paper. We bought the last of what was in their warehouse, but no we're on the hunt for a new supplier. What we're looking for is a cored card...

Why is that relevant? I've told you want I have, and that I'm using die boards. This isn't about what I have, it's about what else is out there.

Roller (not cylinder), just roller.

We do a few different sizes. Our most challenging job is a 3/4" square piece with rounded corners (1/16" radius). We cut 150 of them from a single 12x18" sheet, which is of course a lot of linear inches for a board die. That PMC die cutter is something I've never seen before. Just watched a...

Thanks for the tip!

We do quite a bit of print on demand chipboard printing and cutting. We use 60pt chipboard and glue a paper substrate to each side, then die cut it using an old fashioned die press. I'm wondering if any of you have ideas on equipment we should look at to upgrade this process? We've looked at...

Yup, it prints fine on lightly textured stocks. The medium and heavy textures it won't do well on though.

We've been using the Ricoh now for several months, and couldn't be happier. Both the service and the machine have been performing at or perhaps even slightly above our expectations. Hopefully that trend will continue and we'll replace our Canon with a second Ricoh.

Here's a bit of a follow up. We test-drove a KM Bizhub C8000 at a customer site. It was a damn fine machine. We were quoted 4.7 cents per click and $2100 per month for the lease. It did a bang up job on Linen stock. However, it appeared to suffer a bit on color matching. Blacks looked a little...

We've got the new C6000 in place, for about a week now. We've had a service call on it every single day since we've had it. Though I'm kind of expecting that, since right after you install a new machine you tend to have higher than average service call volumes. We'll see how it plays out after a...

Yeah, I found that out when we got our demo information today. The problem is that there are no C1070 or C1060's anywhere near us, which means there are no service techs regularly working on the machines near us. Past experience has taught me that is a red flag.

Not many. Probably only 2500 per month.

A card stock laminated with foil on one or both sides. For example: Ultra Digital Silver Foil Board, 12 pt. C2S sheet from GPA, Specialty Substrate Solutions

Does anybody have any suggestions on any printer (short of going to an Indigo or offset press) that will do a good job printing on a 12pt 12x18 foil card stock? It's ok if we have to UV coat or put a thin laminate over it to make it scratch resistant. I don't care if it's ink jet or toner based...