Help - Printing Business Cards on inkjet!

09/07/2006 12:01:00 AM · #1

I bought some Avery Business Card stock from Staples, and can't figure out how to print out a business card properly, I tried getting the word template but they are coming out too small. I havn't used the actual paper yet, just testing on normal paper and holding it up to the light to measure it out.

Can anyone help?

I would love to just be able to print straight from Photoshop if possible.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

09/07/2006 12:29:16 AM · #2

*sniff* anyone?

lemondster

Canon EOS-20D

09/07/2006 12:31:42 AM · #3

make sure that you dont have your printer adding extra margins to the paper

that could be the problem

drz01

Pentax K50

Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR

09/07/2006 12:37:42 AM · #4

it's all in the software. If you have Microsoft publisher its very easy to print business cards from their template. Just choose a business card templet delete everything in their layout, layout your card. If you look in the options on the side you will see an option for multiple this will print ten cards to any avery card stock. Hope this helps.

09/07/2006 12:38:03 AM · #5

Originally posted by lemondster:

make sure that you dont have your printer adding extra margins to the paper

that could be the problem

Well I made sure to put fit to page, is that wrong? I'm such a newb with printers. I have been using a 20 year old B&W laser for the past 14 years and have no idea what's going on with my color inkjet (Canon iP4200)

Message edited by author 2006-09-07 00:38:46.

09/07/2006 12:42:45 AM · #6

Sweet. That should work better. I do have publisher. Thank you so much.

Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR

09/07/2006 12:58:51 AM · #7

That looked promising until I found out that I have 8 card pages and there is no template for Publisher. Only one for word, which is very confusing and unusable

drz01

Pentax K50

09/07/2006 01:17:44 AM · #8

What kind of business card stock do you have? The standard is 10 per page and you can find this type very cheeply at most business depot/staples type stores. If its only 8 per page then each card is larger than a standard business card.

Message edited by author 2006-09-07 01:18:11.

MrEd

Sony DSLR-A100

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Minolta

09/07/2006 01:19:00 AM · #9

Open Publisher....choose the business card option (top row on the right for me)....make your card....file>print preview....from there you can choose how many columns/rows you need by increasing/decreasing the spaces between the cards and the margins. Hope this helps.

09/07/2006 01:21:38 AM · #10

Originally posted by MrEd:

The problem is figuring out what the size of the spaces are.

09/07/2006 01:22:55 AM · #11

Originally posted by drz01:

I have Avery "Print to the Edge" Glossy Photo Quality Business Cards. There are 8 per page, each is standard size: 2" x 3.5"

Sigma 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX Aspherical DG DF for Minolta

09/07/2006 01:31:25 AM · #12

YAY! Got it working, thanks guys.

MrEd

Sony DSLR-A100

09/08/2006 12:27:31 AM · #13

Originally posted by LERtastic:

Originally posted by MrEd:
Open Publisher....choose the business card option (top row on the right for me)....make your card....file>print preview....from there you can choose how many columns/rows you need by increasing/decreasing the spaces between the cards and the margins. Hope this helps.

The problem is figuring out what the size of the spaces are.

That's why you try a test page first.

Originally posted by LERtastic:

YAY! Got it working, thanks guys.

Now let's see what the card looks like?