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Not sure if this helps at all? If you look at the print preview, it even shows how it should print, which looks perfect!
but usually anything Adobe can get complicated.
We used to do bulletins on fold over pre-printed stock. The pre-printing was on the cover page only so our data had to go into the insert and then on both sides of the back. I used two home made MS Word templates to do the printing. The difficulty was when switching printers, say, from our Color Epson to the HP LaserJet. I don't know how many fold over pre-printed stock papers I ruined experimenting. Fortunately the pre-printed stock was inexpensive and came packaged in a box of 50.
To get back to our OP's problem, he may be better off switching to Pages or Word to do the greeting cards. I've never used Adobe Illustrator but usually anything Adobe can get complicated.
Did you see my previous post (#42)? About the "Default Settings" of the printer?
Sorry to have missed your post, I have attempted to adjust the settings to 5x7 in order to make them the correct size.
Good tip Patrick. I didn't realize the Avery site had that many templates.
If it would make things easier for you, Avery provides a lot of templates for their cards etc. here:
Design & Print with
Apple® Pages®
Download individual templates for your specific Avery product
Start with a blank template or choose from our most popular designs
https://www.avery.com/software/partners/apple-pages
- Patrick
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Thanks, I've checked out the templates, but nothing for 5x7 again?
OK, so what actual brand and/or number are the greetings cards on ready made 5 x 7 pre-scored card stock you have that you want to use???
Or any other dimensions or possible useful information the package may have.
I would imagine they are pretty standard at "5" x 7" Half Fold" card stock that's actually 7" horizontal x 10" vertical and would be used in Portrait Mode in the page setup of the app and the printer being used.
Like this???
And I don't know if something like this will help, or do a google search on a video or illustrated instructions that can sometime be helpful.
How to create custom greeting cards in Photos for Mac
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- Patrick
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So I've been thinking about this further, it clearly seems to be an issue with the size of the card I'm trying to print.
Would it make more sense to try and print another size? What is the most popular size for a greeting card? Maybe go with that? Just try printing on A4 and cutting it down before investing in any more blank card?
In all cases when attempting to create and print such a project, it's best to just use cheaper letter paper, cut to size if needed, until you get everything sorted out so things print as you want.
Even if you use and set a custom page size, you can still just print to normal and cheaper letter stock.
EDIT:
I was going to suggest using Avery's free Design&Print.app but it keeps crashing on my iMac and I have to re-install it to get it to work.
Their iOS Avery Design&Print app seems to work better but I can't find any setting for Avery 5 x 7 fold-over stock, and gave up looking.
The OS X Design&Print version has a custom size option and provides the option for inside/outside printing so one doesn't have to rotate any text or images for a single print job.
Otherwise you may want to use two separate templates, one for front outer and the other for the inside on "2nd" fold-over side.
Yes, card printing can be a real PITA to get everything correct.
- Patrick
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What size options does it give you?
As I mentioned before, there are numerous free templates for Pages that should address the problem you're having.[Check in the Mac App Store for the free versions./QUOTE]
True, but after taking a quick look there, I'd forget the Mac App Store and give it a wide miss. Besides I don't think that's the OP's problem somehow and it's sure easy and simple enough to setup a new page in Pages page setup. It even has a single 5 x 7 template that could be used.
BTW: It seems a bit odd that this subject is into 60+ posts now to cover a topic that's supposed to be so simple on a Mac and all it's renown as a page layout platform. Hmmm…???
Something's not quite right…
- Patrick
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