"I can't print business cards! ARRGH!" Topic
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| Tom Bryant | 07 Nov 2009 12:58 a.m. PST |
Ok, here's the problem. I need to print some cards up for a guy at work for his sideline job. I've done this before for myself and have never had a problem. I go to print the cards out on the business cards and they print high on the removable top margin. Now when I print the cards out on a sheet of paper, they line up perfectly. I've never had this problem before. What's wrong?! Help! This is annoying and frustrating in the extreme. |
| auton1 | 07 Nov 2009 2:21 a.m. PST |
What program are you using? Is there an option to center the print on the sheet? |
| Zyphyr | 07 Nov 2009 6:45 a.m. PST |
I would guess that the printer is having trouble feeding the (presumably) thicker/heavier sheet for the business cards. Since you have printed business cards successfully in the past, there is probably something in the feed mechanism that is beginning to fail. |
| Ed Mohrmann | 08 Nov 2009 4:56 a.m. PST |
Tom, I had the same problem using Avery s'ware and card-
stock. Printed the test sample fine on regular paper, but
the cardstock printed off-register, just as your's is
doing. While I don't know the materials or s'ware you're using,
I placed a call to tech support at Avery. They stepped
me through a tweak for my (Lexmark 7530) printer which I
didn't know it had. Problem solved. |
| moonhippie3 | 08 Nov 2009 8:37 a.m. PST |
If I had a small business starting up, I would want to make a strong impression when I handed someone my business card. I would strongly suggest that since no other form of advertising is likely to occur, a cheesey computer card would not be the way to go. Advise him to get it done the old fashioned way, at a printers shop where the quality of the card is top notch, and you can actually "feel" the print on the card. In this day and age, that kind of detail stands out. |
| Tom Bryant | 09 Nov 2009 11:07 a.m. PST |
Here's an update guys. After thinking abut it I decided to try one last trick. If I indeed had a printer, I should get the same result when I print on unperformed card stock. I ran a sheet of that and it formatted properly. So that means the cards I'm using are the problem. They are from My Print Works. In the past I used Avery and had no problems. I think I'm going back to them. |
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