Printing business cards

I've created my business cards in Pub. 2002 and print preview shows
everything perfectly. However, when I print each row seems to print a little
too hgih into the next until finally the last row of cards has a .25 inch gap
at the bottom. Seemed to me it might be a feed problem with my printer, but
I printed a test page and it was not skewed. I even tried adjusting ( in Pg
Setup) the vertical gap between the rows and that moves the printing too
much. Hope my rambles make sense. I've been messing w/ this off and on for
3 days now.
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Thank you,
Christine

JoAnn
Tue Aug 22 19:29:26 CDT 2006

It does sound like a feed problem - different weight stock..

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"chrissy2391" <chrissy2391@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've created my business cards in Pub. 2002 and print preview shows
> everything perfectly. However, when I print each row seems to print a
> little
> too hgih into the next until finally the last row of cards has a .25 inch
> gap
> at the bottom. Seemed to me it might be a feed problem with my printer,
> but
> I printed a test page and it was not skewed. I even tried adjusting ( in
> Pg
> Setup) the vertical gap between the rows and that moves the printing too
> much. Hope my rambles make sense. I've been messing w/ this off and on
> for
> 3 days now.
> --
> Thank you,
> Christine

Don
Tue Aug 22 19:44:52 CDT 2006

See if there is something in here that will help you.

Here's I do it with Publisher 2000.

File
Page Setup
Special Size
Business Card from the drop down menu
OK

Create card.

Assuming you are using standard business card stock of 2 wide and 5 high;

File
Print
Page options button
Print multiple copies per sheet
Custom options button
Margins = .5"
Gap = 0"
Side Margins = .75"
Vertical gap = 0"

OK
OK
OK

And it's printing a sheet of ten cards.
Save the file and all the settings will be saved for the next batch of the
same cards.


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Don
Vancouver, USA


"chrissy2391" <chrissy2391@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've created my business cards in Pub. 2002 and print preview shows
> everything perfectly. However, when I print each row seems to print a
> little
> too hgih into the next until finally the last row of cards has a .25 inch
> gap
> at the bottom. Seemed to me it might be a feed problem with my printer,
> but
> I printed a test page and it was not skewed. I even tried adjusting ( in
> Pg
> Setup) the vertical gap between the rows and that moves the printing too
> much. Hope my rambles make sense. I've been messing w/ this off and on
> for
> 3 days now.
> --
> Thank you,
> Christine

Steve
Tue Aug 22 19:47:32 CDT 2006

chrissy2391 wrote:
> I've created my business cards in Pub. 2002 and print preview shows
> everything perfectly. However, when I print each row seems to print a little
> too hgih into the next until finally the last row of cards has a .25 inch gap
> at the bottom. Seemed to me it might be a feed problem with my printer, but
> I printed a test page and it was not skewed. I even tried adjusting ( in Pg
> Setup) the vertical gap between the rows and that moves the printing too
> much. Hope my rambles make sense. I've been messing w/ this off and on for
> 3 days now.


As JoAnn said, it does sound like a feed problem.

Question, is the shift consistent from one print on card stock to the
next print on card stock?

Question two, are you making one biz card and letting the print options
let you print 8 to a page? Or are you looking at a pub screen with 8 or
10 cards on a page?

If you're looking at a pub document page with 8 or 10 cards on it, how
about trying to select two adjacent horizontal cards, group them, then
nudge them the guessed distance to make the printing of those two
correct. Then move down to the next two cards and do the same... etc etc

just a thought

Steve
Tue Aug 22 22:08:08 CDT 2006

Don,

As I read it, I think that is what Chrissy is already doing and the
printing is shifting up or down a line or two.

jmho


Don Schmidt wrote:
> See if there is something in here that will help you.
>
> Here's I do it with Publisher 2000.
>
> File
> Page Setup
> Special Size
> Business Card from the drop down menu
> OK
>
> Create card.
>
> Assuming you are using standard business card stock of 2 wide and 5 high;
>
> File
> Print
> Page options button
> Print multiple copies per sheet
> Custom options button
> Margins = .5"
> Gap = 0"
> Side Margins = .75"
> Vertical gap = 0"
>
> OK
> OK
> OK
>
> And it's printing a sheet of ten cards.
> Save the file and all the settings will be saved for the next batch of the
> same cards.
>
>

Don
Tue Aug 22 23:26:28 CDT 2006

I missed the part where she was sitting the gaps and margins.


--
Don
"May your shadow be found in happy places." (Native North American)


"Steve in NC" <dtp2webSPAM@netscape.net> wrote in message
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> Don,
>
> As I read it, I think that is what Chrissy is already doing and the
> printing is shifting up or down a line or two.
>
> jmho
>
>
> Don Schmidt wrote:
>> See if there is something in here that will help you.
>>
>> Here's I do it with Publisher 2000.
>>
>> File
>> Page Setup
>> Special Size
>> Business Card from the drop down menu
>> OK
>>
>> Create card.
>>
>> Assuming you are using standard business card stock of 2 wide and 5 high;
>>
>> File
>> Print
>> Page options button
>> Print multiple copies per sheet
>> Custom options button
>> Margins = .5"
>> Gap = 0"
>> Side Margins = .75"
>> Vertical gap = 0"
>>
>> OK
>> OK
>> OK
>>
>> And it's printing a sheet of ten cards.
>> Save the file and all the settings will be saved for the next batch of
>> the same cards.
>>