We are putting out a good number of the Taskalfa color with pretty good luck, but a potential customer is looking at the 300ci for running quite a bit of cardstock. It is decent stock of about 60-100 lb. weight. Has anyone had problems with cardstock with these? We are trying to decide whether to recommend it. Any comments are appreciated.

as long as you run threw the bypass we have not had any problems, we have not had anyone run a whole lot though.

It will feed through just fine. However the primary transfer cleaning is not as well designed as the feed section. On multiples of 3 or more ghost images will begin to appear. Looks like a fixing problem, but has been confirmed by engineers in Japan that the primary transfer cleaning is the culprit. I've seen this on more than one machine.

This was with heavy stock that was confirmed to be within the specs published by Kyocera. Japan recommended adjustment in simulation of the cleaning bias voltages, but it was only partially effective. Truth is, Konica-Minolta still has Kyocera beat in heavy-stock paper department.

Now with more normal stock, of about 30lb and under, this is not an issue.

It'll run fine from tray 1 BUT you will need to set it for heavy stock otherwise you will get cold offset with too much coverage.
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Chris L: Not that I doubt your advice, but can anyone else confirm Chris L info about image problems with card stock. I have a potential NEW client that wants to move forward with a CS-300Ci and they run 1,000+ sheets of 65 lb card stock to make post cards every quarter. If what you tell me is true, I am is trouble. They have been using a Ricoh MPC3000 and claim to not have any problems with it.

I’ll confirm that the equipment feeds fine and within specs however there is fusing or transfer idiosyncrasy. We have recently assembled a “Paper Sample and Paper Weight Chart” booklet that includes a range of paper from 20lb to 80lb cover. It also includes 80lb text, some thick high gloss paper (CS1) from both Hammermill and MoHawk. I remember having to make several sets when printing onto the 80lb cover which is close to 120lb index. I would suggest that you pick up a ream and print off 100 or so. In addition, you might find the color changes when setting the print drivers to thicker paper.

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Originally posted by Ballpark:
Chris L: Not that I doubt your advice, but can anyone else confirm Chris L info about image problems with card stock. I have a potential NEW client that wants to move forward with a CS-300Ci and they run 1,000+ sheets of 65 lb card stock to make post cards every quarter. If what you tell me is true, I am is trouble. They have been using a Ricoh MPC3000 and claim to not have any problems with it.

That is in the "iffy" zone for stock. You would be advised to get 200 sheets of the stuff and run tests yourself on the stock. Look for offset-images if there is a lot of magenta toner applied on the 3rd and later prints. I had problems when getting above 90lb Index (which I don't remember what that translates to in Bond).

make sure to advice customer on correct driver settings...really important!



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We have had similar issues with running card stock, most with transfer belt offsetting, and some fuser issues. I would get a sample card from the user and run about 3000 sheets

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Originally posted by Ballpark:
Chris L: Not that I doubt your advice, but can anyone else confirm Chris L info about image problems with card stock. I have a potential NEW client that wants to move forward with a CS-300Ci and they run 1,000+ sheets of 65 lb card stock to make post cards every quarter. If what you tell me is true, I am is trouble. They have been using a Ricoh MPC3000 and claim to not have any problems with it.