Printing heavy cardstock

For the last few years, I have been helping out friends with wedding and party invitations. I would like to start doing this on a bit bigger scale now that I am a stay-at-home mom with our new baby. I currently have a run of the mill HP inkjet printer that has a hard time handling cardstock over 110 lbs. I also have a problem with drying time and smearing when it comes to printing on smooth paper like shimmer paper or vellum. So, I thought maybe a laser printer was the way to go, but I see they only use paper specific for them. With that in mind, can anyone recommend a good printer that will handle cardstock greater than 110 lb.? The last invites I did used 150 lb. cardstock. Thanks!

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Hi @Ole-Prof,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I noticed that you are trying to print on heavy cardstock invitations 5 x 7 with your HP Officejet 5745. I am happy to look into this for you!
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Hope this information clears things up for you, and thank you for posting!
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Please check the thickness (called weight) of those cards.
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