Can I use 60 GSM paper for Canon PIXMA G2010 inkjet printer. 🤔

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Hello guys I wanna know if I can use 60 GSM paper for my Canon PIXMA G2010 inkjet printer. 🤔
Is it bad for the printer ??

I just wanna print this red frame on the 60gsm paper 👇

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The specs say that the printer can handle 64-105 gsm plain paper and up to 275 gsm special paper like photo paper.

The 60 gsm is not much less than 64 gsm, so I would give it a try. The risk is that a too thin paper will crumple and jam inside the printer, If not removed gently jammed paper might damage sensors in the printer.
 

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The specs say that the printer can handle 64-105 gsm plain paper and up to 275 gsm special paper like photo paper.

The 60 gsm is not much less than 64 gsm, so I would give it a try. The risk is that a too thin paper will crumple and jam inside the printer, If not removed gently jammed paper might damage sensors in the printer.
Thanks for the reply :thumbsup @PeterBJ
I will give it a try

I wanna know if printer have been successful to print above document ( red frame ), is it ok if I duplex print 100 of copies of above document.
 

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If the 60gsm paper does not work well with the duplexer. then you can do manual duplex printing: First print page one on all 100 sheets, then print page two on all sheets.

I think the manual duplex will be faster than letting the duplexer handle 100 sheets.
 
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is it ok if I duplex print 100 of copies of above document.
Just don’t print with draft mode, if you want to try duplex, then just do one sheet to start with as a test, but if it jams up it will be a very hard task to retrieve the damaged sheet, if it was me I wouldn’t chance it, one sided is safer..
 

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If the 60gsm paper does not work well with the duplexer. then you can do manual duplex printing: First print page one on all 100 sheets, then print page two on all sheets.

I think thewill be faster than letting the duplexer handle 100 sheets.
OK @PeterBJ If I did duplex I will use manual duplex Thank you very much I really appreciate the support. :thumbsup 😍
 

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OK. If I decided to duplex I will follow your advice as well. Thank you very much I really appreciate the support @Hat. :thumbsup 😍
Just don’t print with draft mode, if you want to try duplex, then just do one sheet to start with as a test, but if it jams up it will be a very hard task to retrieve the damaged sheet, if it was me I wouldn’t chance it, one sided is safer..
 

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OK. If I decided to duplex I will follow your advice as well.
By using the normal or higher quality mode setting, the printer grabs the sheet slower and more gentle and is less lightly to crumble the leading edge..
On occasion I’ve had to print on Fax paper in draft mode and had to mount the sample sheet on an 80gm sheet with tape, it printed successfully..
 
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