prints fine on paper, not on card

[Mary Fran]

I am creating wedding response cards, 5.5" X 4.25" (2 down, perforated, on
page). They print fine on an 8.5 X 11 piece of paper, but when I use the
actual card the bottom .5" is not printed. Can anyone explain that PLEASE?!

 

[Mary Sauer]

What version of Publisher? Are you using a postcard setup? Portrait? It could be
your printer's limitation. Some ink jets will have a margin limitation of 5.5.

If you are using Publisher 2007 I would suggest using the Avery postcard page
setup.

Tutorial: Finding your Maximum Print Area
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/horidiag

 

[Mary Fran]

I am using Publisher 2003 and a custom page setup of 5.5 X 4.25, 2 per page,
and as I mentioned it printed perfectly on paper, just not on the card - it
left off .5" there.

 

[Mary Fran]

Yes, if I lay the paper on top of the card it aligns perfectly. The card
stock is 5.5" X 8.5".

 

[Mary Sauer]

I don't think I understand your setup. Are these folded cards or two single
cards on letter size stock?
Have you considered a booklet? Setup your page as a booklet, portrait, width
4.25, height, 5.5. Publisher will say it will print two copies per sheet.
Or
Folded card, width 4.25 height 5.5, page one will be the front of your card,
page two the back. If you want a message insert two more pages. Page three will
be your message. Anything you put on page four will be rotated by default.

I don't why you are having difficulties with the margin. Some printers have
levers that one can adjust when using heavier stock. Your printer rollers may
not be picking up the stock correctly.

 

[Mary Fran]

These are perforated cards which before separating make up a 5.5" wide X 8.8"
long piece of card stock. So I set it up to print 2 copies on a custom sheet
of the same dimensions. I can't seem to get either a booklet or a tent card
to give me that same result. Maybe it is my printer (an hpdeskjet 960c)
since it has no problem with plain paper but only prints the first 8" of the
cards.

 

[Mary Fran]

I'm sorry, I meant custom layout of 5.5" width and 4.25" height with 2 copies
per sheet.

 

[Mary Sauer]

When I have problems with my HP printer I set the default to best and it works
better.

This is an article from HP concerning your model printer.
HP DeskJet Printers - Printed Output Contains Strange Characters or Blank or
Partial Pages
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...ang=en&os=228&rule=42691&product=77146&dlc=en


How to troubleshoot problems that you may experience when you try to print to a
local printer by using Office programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870622/en-us