Can I use my HP printer and print on holiday wrapping paper?

I'm not looking to completely print my own wrapping paper. I'm wondering if I take wrapping paper I already have and put it through my printer and add to it.Can I use my HP printer and print on holiday wrapping paper?
You would need to cut the wrapping paper into 8 1/2'; wide by 11';-14'; long pieces to fit into the printer - ask yourself whether that would be big enough to do you any good for wrapping gifts.


If so, you can try it. Don't use a paper with any glitter - it could fall off inside your printer and melt or catch fire. If the paper is about the same stiffness and weight as regular printer paper, you can probably try as-is. If it's thin or limp, you'll need to iron it onto a piece of freezer paper first (shiny side of the freezer paper against the back of the gift wrap, medium iron - NO steam - on the back of the freezer paper). Once it's printed, handle the printed paper by the edges and give it several hours to dry before you peel it off the freezer paper. You should be able to re-use the freezer paper several times.


Here's more info on working with HP printers.


http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/activ鈥?/a>


ADDED: If your printer takes 13';x19'; paper, size obviously isn't an issue.Can I use my HP printer and print on holiday wrapping paper?
In addition to what Chicago Q wrote I would suggest that instead of trying to put the entire sheet of wrapping paper through your printer you could print out your created designs on paper you select. Be aware of the thickness of paper that your printer can handle. You may have to feed thick paper through your printer differently than regular paper.





Once the paper is printed you could cut it out and stick it on wrapping paper you have purchased that is whatever color you choose or even metallic and adhere it.





For adhesive there are different choices you can make.





Double sided Scotch Tape.





An adhesive that is used for in card making and scrapbooking. This is usually more expensive. If you choose this one make sure that you can easily find refills for it.





Another way is by using a Xyron machine. They come in different sizes. A small one for making small stickers is about $10 at Michael's. They have larger ones. The one I have can take a page up to 12 inches wide and as long as I need. The larger machine can be purchased directly from the company. They have different kinds of cartridges for the larger machines that can do a soft lamination or do what you want - create stickers. I just went to their web site and saw they have a machine that will take paper up to 44 inches wide.





The only other option may be to see if there are commercial printers available that can handle really wide paper. I don't know anything about where to look for them but they are available. You'll have to do an internet search to find what you're looking for.
If you try it, I would use a heavier wrapping paper. I'd be afraid it might jamb in the printer and be really hard to get out. PP had good ideas for you though. My HP is picky about paper though.