Best Printers for Wedding Invitations

Purchasing a printer for DIY wedding card printing is not a big deal, but the problem occurs when you need to design a specific design for your wedding card. What to do? What is the best software for printing wedding invitations? You can use multiple software for this purpose, but the most significant and convenient is Canva because you can find several free card designs for your special day. Another problem occurs when choosing the card for a perfect wedding invitation. So, you must be thinking, what kind of paper do I need for Printing Wedding Invitations? Cotton cardstock is ideal for printing wedding invitations because they are smooth at around 110lbs, which is a perfect medium for soaking inks.

However, when it comes to printer technology, consider buying an inkjet because it can easily bear 110lbs of card thickness. It also prevents the ink from bleeding from the card. I never prefer a laserjet for a 110lb card. Because the glossy side of the card will not bear the heat produced by the toner and will burn out or jam in the printer.

• Canon PIXMA TR4520 Printer
• Canon Pixma iX6820 Printer
• Epson EcoTank ET-2760 Printer
• HP OfficeJet Pro 8025 Printer
• Canon TS9521C Printer
• Brother MFC-J4335DW INKvestment Tank Printer  

List of six Best Printers for Printing Invitations 

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Canon PIXMA TR4520 Printer

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For excellent printing output, especially photos and invitation cards, you may consider buying Canon Pixma TR4520. It’s an all-in-one device with rich features, including scanning, copying, and printing. Moreover, it is found as the best printer for printing wedding invitations. Because it can easily print churning out photos and add colors to your cards, this canon model is ideal for home-based offices or small workgroups.

THE Canon TR4520 AIO device will take up a little space with its 13 pounds. Additionally, this printer will entertain you with 100 sheets of paper input tray with a manual duplexer. There is also a 20-letter size of sheets in its automatic document feeder (ADF). While the Canon Pixma TR7520 Officejet 3830 will handle 200 pages in its tray.   

For connectivity, Canon Pixma TR4520 will provide USB 2.0 and Wifi. You can also find robust compatibility with Android, iOS, and Windows. With this Canon model, you will have to compromise with the higher running cost.

Canon Pixma iX6820 Printer

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If you want a printer for the invitation business, you must look at some inexpensive printers like Canon Pixma iX6820. You can print a wide format super tabloid (13 inches by 19 inches) prints with it. However, wireless connectivity options are lean that include USB and Wifi with Ethernet (non-wired).  

Canon iX6820 is almost similar in features to its predecessor Canon iX6520. There are only some differences in faster speed, text, and photo quality. Most significantly, the updated version supports wired and wireless printing, which I mentioned above.   

The printer can also print tabloid-size papers, but it contains only one input tray, so you have to place all sizes of papers in it. However, the printer lacks auto-duplexing. Therefore, you have to flip the paper for both scanning sides. (Opens in a new window)

Epson EcoTank ET-2760 Printer

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When you print bulk papers or cards or want a printer for making invitations, a low-running cost printer is an ideal choice. Not only the meager running price but also an excellent printing output with its EcoTank. Lean pricing is the bulk of ink colors with vast reservoirs. However, Espn EcoTank ET-2760 is suitable as a home printer for wedding invitations.

You will find Epson ET-2760 similar in weight to Canon TR4520 but remember Canon is not a bulk reservoir printer and still weighs 13 pounds. There is also 1.4 inches of display with some navigation buttons for configuring walk-up functions like printing, scanning, and copying.  

EcoTank ET-2760 lacks auto-duplexing; therefore, you have to flip the documents on the platen manually for two-sided scanning. While the Canon G6020 is Epson’s direct competitor, it contains an ADF for single-pass scanning.

HP OfficeJet Pro 8025 Printer

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When you print cards or some invitations, one thing matters a lot and is borderless printing. By using this, you don’t need to use Cricut. I chose HP Officejet Pro 8025 for its fast borderless printing output. HP will be the perfect choice if you want to print a bundle of cardstocks and invitations with its instant ink subscription program that measures lower running costs.

As the device is all-in-one with a printer, scanner, and copier, it weighs 30 pounds, which is common for an AIO device. You can also add 35 sheets of manual duplexing with HP but if you still want an automatic document feeder (ADF) and auto-duplex, consider looking at Canon TR8520.

The modest paper handling capacity is available out of the box that splits into two. 225 sheets in its main drawer, while the output tray holds 60 sheets. That’s the reason I consider this HP printer for DIY wedding invitations. Because with it, you don’t need to hire any scanner or copier for your card stock.

Canon TS9521C Printer

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Similar to HP Officejet 8025, you will find borderless printing with Canon TS9521C, but HP lacks super tabloid printing. Additionally, ITFF is enabled in Canon TS9521C, which is valuable to count in any printer. Connectivity and printing quality are also suitable for printing invitations and cardstocks.

Traditionally AIO with wide format printing is larger. Therefore you will find Canon TS9521C with 21.5 pounds, smaller than HP 8025. Most AIO with bulk ink reservoirs are available with four ink color CMYB, but like Tango X. But with Canon TS9521C, you will find extra gray and black pigmented inks for churning out photos output.

Moreover, its 200 sheets are split into two drawers 100 pages in the main front cassette and the other 100 papers at the back of the printer drawer. There is also an option of loading 20 sheets of the rare tray for photo pages. All these features together make Canon TS9521C the best printer for DIY wedding invitations. It lacks auto-duplexing, and you need to handle two-sided scanning manually.

Brother MFC-J4335DW INKvestment Tank Printer

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Low initial price and low running costs are the best combos for a cardstock business. Thanks to Brother MFC-J4335DW provide you both advantages with the churning out printing output with its INNKvestment Tank. However, this Inkjet is fast for its lean price, and a better mobile compatibility option is available.

Brother MFC-J4335DW is a four-in-one device with copy, scan, print, and fax features. Therefore you don’t need to hire any external service for your business. Brother MFC has a capacity of holding 150 sheets in its input tray. At the same time, the monthly yield is 2000 pages which is most suitable for home printing. This means you can easily use this AIO device as a home printer for invitations card and cardstock.

The most valuable feature is Brother MFC-J4335DW’s automatic document feeder (ADF) with 20 manual duplexing sheets, similar to the Canon TS9521C.

Explain Necessary Factors of Consideration

Following are some guidelines before purchasing printers for envelopes and invitations.

Media Compatibility

The main feature of a cardstock printer is printing media compatibility. Whenever you decide to purchase a printer, then look at the list. Does it make you compatible with your desired media? Because cardstock does not behave the same as plain paper. If you purchase a printer that can print on paper, you cannot use that printer to print invitations on cardstocks or any other card work.

Printer Feeds/Input Trays

when you look at the specific printer feed, you first find your printing needs. For example, if you want fast printing, choose a printer with an automatic feed with an input tray that can take and print your paper automatically. If your cardstock has a high width, then you should go for a manual feed printer because the paper jamming chances increase with the maximum width of the printer.

Ink Absorbant Quality

Ink absorbent is a really important feature to consider. If the printer you are choosing bleeds, it can ruin your cardstock. Therefore, a printer for making cards and invitations must be compatible with quality and ink and match your card quality.

How to Print Wedding Invitations Using Canva?

There are some steps for creating a wedding invitation using Canva for printing at home. These are the simple steps for designing and printing with Canva.

Step 1) Go to Canva and set your bespoke height and width according to your cardstock or invitation card size.

Step 2) Change the images, text, color, and font per your design.

Step 3) Save your document in PDF or PNG format.

Step 4) Open your document on word or directly print the image.

Laser Printer Vs. Inkjet Printer: Which one is perfect for Printing Wedding Invitation?

There are two types of printing technologies for printing cardstock. Which one is suitable for your wedding card printing? We will discuss it below.

An inkjet printer can print a maximum of 140lbs, which is the ideal paper printing compatibility. However, the laserjet will print 21-25 lbs of paper only. Another thing is better graphics printing. You will find an inkjet best suitable for your wedding cards printing. Because there are better color graphics, and the card has better ink absorbing power.

On the other hand, if you try to print a thick card with a laser, no toner will burn or jam the card because the toner produces a high amount of heat that a glossy cardstock cannot bear. Therefore it is better to use an inkjet for wedding cardstock printing.

What Kind of Paper do I Need for Printing Wedding Invitation?

In the below, I have discussed the paper type and width, which is ideal for wedding card invitation printing.

Cardstock Type

A cotton cardstock is ideal for printing wedding invitations and Minted. The reason behind using this paper is its smoothness, and it is compatible with most inks and absorbs the water-based ink easily.  

Cardstock Weight

If you choose 110lb of cardstock for your invitation, remember it is very heavy in weight. But it is an ideal width for invitation cards. Most invitation companies use a 110lb to 120lb range of cards. Moreover, the minimum cardstock weight will be 65lb, which is not ideal for invitation cards. The thickest card I have ever seen is 360 lb. It is used for letterpress printing in press clubs.

How much does it cost to print 100 Invitation Card?

The printing cost of a wedding card with an inkjet and laserjet printer depends on which type and width of card you will print on. Different widths and sizes of cards have various prices.  

We will discuss the cost of 7 inches by 10 inches or an A7-size card with a width of 96lb. This width and size of card printing will cost around $1.9. Below this width printing, an invitation card will not be suitable. However, the more luxurious card you create with higher width, its cost will be modest according to the card and design. You can easily multiply your single card cost by 100 to find the cost of 100 wedding card printing.

You can save money on printing the stock of cards by purchasing an inkjet printer for multiple events. For example, if you purchase an inkjet printer once, you can use it on various occasions for printing multiple things like printing envelopes, plain papers, ID cards, and many more.