Re: Postcard Printing

"zakezuke" <zakezuke_us@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I've printed borderless 3x5's using my iP4000 and iP3000. It's easy if
you
think outside of the confines imposed with printer drivers. Using any DTP
application such as Publisher or PagePlus, I leave the paper setting at
letter size and simply position the 3x5 image in the upper left portion
of
what the printer thinks is a letter size ***. The same technique
applies
to other odd sized media such as invitation envelopes, post cards, etc...
The only problem is there is a small area of white space, about 1/16", on
the tail end of the item when printing borderless. Even with 4x6 which is
supported by the printer driver, this occurs with any program other than
Canon Easy Photo Print.

I'll try this again when I need a slew of 3x5s. The last time I tried
in Word anything larger than 3x5 it would assume left was well... left
and print off the page. I tried to define the page in word as 3x5 and
print letter in the Canon driver and it crashed. I imagine I would
have less issues with real DTP package, though it would be overkill in
my case as I was using 3x5s for notes, as in text.


Having used Microsoft Publisher since version 1 in 1992, I'm somewhat tied
to the product and the ease of positioning text frames and objects vs. the
freeform style of MS Word. There's a good chance you already own Publisher,
but if you don't, Serif PagePlus is a great alternative (some say better).
You can get free copies of older versions of Serif products from one of
their websites www.freeserifsoftware.com. With either Publisher or PagePlus
you don't need to modify printer settings at all to print odd sized items. I
leave the printer settings at letter size and position the text or object
frames to conform to where the paper is positioned in the printer. With
Canon models it's the upper left corner. With my Lexmark laser, it's
centered at the top edge.
--
Ron


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