Hi.
To do high quality printing on glossy papers, is it advisable to use a laser or inkjet printer? Will be doing massive printing for making stickers.

Thanks.

Well, part of the answer is going to depend on whether or not you can get the paper you need for the laser. Remember, laser printers use heat to set the toner, so the paper needs to be able to handle that heat. Most often, non-laser paper (especially specialty papers) will curl from the heat, but with sticker stock, you can damage the 'glue', too.

If you can get the paper, then I would go for the laser, unless you want photo-lab quality...then a dye-sublimation type printer would probably be better. In any case, if you are talking really large volume, the costs can get outrageous (especially in the area of ink cartridges), so a color laser will be a bit cheaper, too.

Thanks. So what remains to do is try using the glossy paper on a laser printer which i have never done.Or try to look for papers adapted for laser printing.

Right...I just ran some business card stock through my laser and it curled, but the individual cards were OK.

There is very little need to try the paper in a laser printer. If you can find the same types of stock you need in a laser paper then you are good. Otherwise the results will very likely be sub par at some level.

For general use though there is no way to beat a laser. I bought one abut two years ago and am still using the original toner. Before this I had an inket which the ink had ALWAYS dried out when I needed to print something, forcing me to buy a new set of cartridges for around $100 (color + black). But I tend to print nothing for a week or more, and then want to print a hundred or so pages.

The business card stock was supposedly for both laser or inkjet and it still curled...so, I still say try the paper before making a final run.

When it comes to laser printers and sticky labels never use a partial sheet. Since the fuser can get up to around 350F, if you put in a sheet that has some labels already removed exposing the backing paper it will melt and get wrapped around the fuser causing jams, ruining the fuser ($$), and generally causing a mess.

This used to happed constantly with a major home improvement company we service until they finally figured out it was costing them over a $1000 a pop to replace the fuser because they were trying to save a few bucks by reusing partial sheets.

Always use high quality labels. Cheap labels will tend to also cause the above.

If you do get a jam with the labels wrapped around the fuser, which can happen even with good labels, when trying to clear the jam do not gouge the rollers on the fuser as this will ruin it.

The fact why i am going towards laser, is when i was making stickers on normal paper using my normal inkjet the printing used to wash away upon instant contact with water. Thats was a waste of money and very unprofessional. So with laser no worry.

Absolutely. I just wanted to give you a heads up about some of the pitfalls with sticky labels and laser printers.

Another good tip that goes with any printer is if at all possible to pull out paper jams in the natural direction of the paper feed. If you pull it out backwards you could break gears and such.

Also when trying to free jams...try it with printer off and as much of the cover/case as can be easily removed, removed.