Adjust margins on greeting card

When I select single fold greeting card from the print menu and print a card, the image is always forced to the top of the card at the fold - ie, there are white margins at the sides and bottom of the image, but none at the top. It would be nice to center the image on the card. I've looked through the print and print setup menus, but can't identify any way to adjust print margins.

Limnidytis, try creating your own custom size.
In iPhoto, select Page Setup. Under Paper Size, choose 'Manage Custom Sizes...'.
Click on the + button to create a new custom set, name it, and set the margins that you want. You may need to play with it a few times to find the right margins.
Next time you want to print a greeting card, you don't have to do all over again: just pick your own custom set in the Paper Size menu.
Hope this helps!

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