metallic cardstock - trying to DIY invites

beautifulnryan

For those of you DIYing your invitations, did any of you use metallic cardstock?  It is recommended that you don't use ink-jet printers.  I was thinking of going over to Kinko's or Kwik Kopy to do the printing...sigh after figuring out a design.  What did you do?  Does anyone have any templates?  I was planning on using the koala pocket fold, having the invitation in front, and the enclosures in the back.

jeanybaby2011

I am using the white and silver metallic card stock too and was planning on doing the same thing.

krisdi78

We printed on metallic cardstock with an inkjet photo printer.  We let it dry and didn't touch it for a bit afterwards to make sure it didn't smear and it worked fine, though we practiced on a few different printers to find the one that worked best.

Heeeyhoney75

I printed on metallic text weight paper with an ink jet printer. My paper was 80# opal stardream and I printed in dark brown ink. I tested cardstock but it wouldn't go through my printer properly and it smeared. I bought the text weight because it was thinner and much cheaper. It went through the printer perfectly. The text weight didn't smear like the thicker cardstock did. Just to be sure, I bought an acrylic sealer from walmart for like $3 and sprayed it on everything  I didn't spray my accommodations cards, and they didn't smear.

chosen175

I've been able to print on metallics on my Canon Pixma MP 620 printer at home, and it's an inkjet.  Some of the newer ones CAN do it.  The trick is to not touch it for a LONG time and not stack them.  I did a few at a time and spread them on my dining room table to dry overnight.  Never had a problem with them.I would also call the place you want to get the printing done and make sure they can do it.  Some of them use inkjet printers.  I know the Office Max by my house does.  You might need to specifically ask for laser printing or contact an actual PRINTER to get them done correctly.I don't have any templates, since I just muted a pic of our ceremony site and used that as the background with the writing over it.  If you want to email me, I'd be happy to help with designs.  chosen175 at aol dot com

thealphabride

Just a thought for you. I recently did some mock up's of invites and I used metalic card stock. I had FI print them out at his office because they have very high end color copiers, as well as ink jet printers, but he was unbale to feed the 80lb card stock through his printers. So he copied them and they looked beautiful from his Cannon Color Copier. (He works at a law firm as their IT guy so they have very high end copiers). They looked like they had been printed, I couldn't tell the difference. The turned out gorgeous. I'm sure that kinko's or kwik copy has high end copiers, and laser printers. I have no templates, I just used WORD and put it together. It is very simple without any embelishments, just the wording. Good luck!