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can you help me print postcards?
Can anybody help me? I'm looking to print some words and picturs onto
postcards measuring 5" x 3" 9 (127mm x 77mm). Do you know of any software that will help me and also a printer that will print them? Thanks. |
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nickb wrote:
Can anybody help me? I'm looking to print some words and picturs onto postcards measuring 5" x 3" 9 (127mm x 77mm). Do you know of any software that will help me and also a printer that will print them? Thanks. How about making it in word - just define page size to your needs, fill the words and print. -- Visit my web page at http://www.protoncek.com |
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How about making it in word - just define page size to your needs, fill the
words and print. That is exactly what I do. My only issue is that the canon driver doesn't permit boarderless printing of any media not of a predefined size, or perhaps just a few defined sizes. This may or may not be an issue on the newer pixmas, I have an ip3000. But so long as you can live without boarderless this very modest printer does the trick. I print a slew of 3x5 cards. Some cards I bought not not the best on this printer, I forget which brand of card gave the most bleeding, perhaps it was those oxford blues. |
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zakezuke wrote:
How about making it in word - just define page size to your needs, fill the words and print. That is exactly what I do. My only issue is that the canon driver doesn't permit boarderless printing of any media not of a predefined size, or perhaps just a few defined sizes. This may or may not be an issue on the newer pixmas, I have an ip3000. But so long as you can live without boarderless this very modest printer does the trick. I print a slew of 3x5 cards. Some cards I bought not not the best on this printer, I forget which brand of card gave the most bleeding, perhaps it was those oxford blues. hm...i never tried it...but, as i remember, it allows borderless only when doing a photo print, so maybe an option is to select photo paper as source... -- Visit my web page at http://www.protoncek.com |
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Jon O'Brien wrote:
In article , py (SleeperMan) wrote: How about making it in word Only if you're not fussy about image quality and colour reproduction. Word does not have a good reputation for either. Jon. True. But, after all, other programs can be adjusted to print on custom size papers (even Paint Shop) -- Visit my web page at http://www.protoncek.com |
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3 x 5 can also be done 4-up on a letter sized sheet, trimmed to your needs.
"nickb" wrote in message oups.com... Can anybody help me? I'm looking to print some words and picturs onto postcards measuring 5" x 3" 9 (127mm x 77mm). Do you know of any software that will help me and also a printer that will print them? Thanks. |
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hm...i never tried it...but, as i remember, it allows borderless only when
doing a photo print, so maybe an option is to select photo paper as source... I just double checked... I can select boarderless plain paper on the ip3000 driver. Quality limited to "high" (#3). Page size limited to a4, letter, 4x6, 5x7, credit card (2.13x3). One of my many complaints about the canon, the fact that simple things like 3x5 are missing as a paper size and boardless is only an option on pre-defined sizes. Otherwise I find the printer ideal for 3x5. |
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zakezuke wrote:
hm...i never tried it...but, as i remember, it allows borderless only when doing a photo print, so maybe an option is to select photo paper as source... I just double checked... I can select boarderless plain paper on the ip3000 driver. Quality limited to "high" (#3). Page size limited to a4, letter, 4x6, 5x7, credit card (2.13x3). One of my many complaints about the canon, the fact that simple things like 3x5 are missing as a paper size and boardless is only an option on pre-defined sizes. Otherwise I find the printer ideal for 3x5. My Epson also has limits on sheet size for borderless and heavy card stock. What I do it tape the card stock on a piece of letter sized paper & feed that through to make small test prints. I'm going to make a card frame with a hole in it to simplify centering for borderless and print a tad bigger. That would also let me put the tape on the back to achieve borderless. The only other option is to composite the pics in one large file but it's impractical to cut straight along the line where they meet. |
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nickb wrote:
Can anybody help me? I'm looking to print some words and picturs onto postcards measuring 5" x 3" 9 (127mm x 77mm). Do you know of any software that will help me and also a printer that will print them? Thanks. Forget most of the arguing and discussions of things you don't really care about here. The answer is that almost any word processor (Word , WordPerfect, etc.) and any printer can do that. If the word processor doesn't have the specific size you want, you can usually define a size in the word processor. You need to pick the paper size in the word processor which is usually in the "Page setting" menu. Surely any HP or any Canon printer also has a page setting in the printer menu, certainly my HP and my Canon do. You usually click the "Properties" after you click print to select the various options and one of those will be page size. It may also tell you how to put the paper in for sizes smaller than a full sheet. Otherwise, you just need to experiment with where you put the card on the infeed table. Be sure you select the paper size in both the word processor and the Printer menu. |
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