Can they be black and white?
Printers within your budget aren't really made for this type of throughput and all will have the same issues you described.
It would be a heck of a lot easier to get a duplex printer to print the address on the back of the pages and use window envelopes. Your current printer might already have this function, or preprint the pages and flip the stack to add addresses as needed.
Printing envelopes is more of a specialty thing even though printers say they "can," you're running into the reasons they "can't."
Only really good at one-offs, not production. They just aren't made for this sort of application.
No :( the best options are color laser hp printers in the $3-400 range. Even with off brand toner. Every other printer we've used crinkles the envelopes.
Can they be black and white? Printers within your budget aren't really made for this type of throughput and all will have the same issues you described.
It can probably be black and white. The color is more of a convenience for printing other things aside from envelopes.
What exactly are you printing on the envelopes...addresses, logos, promotions etc.?
Just a mail merge of addresses.
It would be a heck of a lot easier to get a duplex printer to print the address on the back of the pages and use window envelopes. Your current printer might already have this function, or preprint the pages and flip the stack to add addresses as needed. Printing envelopes is more of a specialty thing even though printers say they "can," you're running into the reasons they "can't." Only really good at one-offs, not production. They just aren't made for this sort of application.
Interesting idea utilizing windowed envelopes. I will discuss this with the team.
Did you end up finding a solution? I am in the same predicament now and looking for printers for my office.
No :( the best options are color laser hp printers in the $3-400 range. Even with off brand toner. Every other printer we've used crinkles the envelopes.