Half Fold Greeting Cards

This post prompted me to finish a project that I've wanted for some time.
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5e3e0
We produce a lot of greeting cards with a 10 year old version of Print Shop Deluxe (6.0). It works intuitively and flawlessly with three exceptions:
1. It won't accept my HP 5650 printer's borderless 8.5x11 settings.
2. It reduces the resolution of any photograph to around 100 ppi.
3. Colors become somewhat washed out.
We've tried a later version which claims to print at higher resolutions but with little success.
Test prints from PE3 Editor on Staples matte white "photo quality" half fold greeting card stock with the printer set to "Other Photo Paper" proved to be excellent.
Over the last few days I've made and tested full size templates at 300 ppi that contain instructions to layout both wide and tall 8.5x11 borderless greeting cards. if necessary I reduce the resolution of the templates to match the photos down to about 200 ppi with no apparent degradation.
A lot of the design was forced by how the 5650 handles borderless printing. eg. The shaded area at the bottom of each page reflects what will be lost due to expansion. This also explains the illogical upside down graphics in the wide version. It's easier to control exact placement at the top of the page than after the fold. The crop size is 1/16th inch smaller than 5.5 inches to accommodate the fold.
I've also included the rulers that I used to determine exactly what the printer is doing.
I can now put together all 4 pages of either card almost as quickly as in Print Shop and the impact of a full borderless, high quality front is well worth the effort. They work for non-borderless projects, too.
If anyone's interested (small jpgs):
http://s181.photobucket.com/albums/x158/rfclvnj/Templates/
Bob

Gwen,
I open the appropriate pair of "templates" and then add graphics and text as additional layers following the orientation instructions. Since I'm mainly interested in successful borderless printing it's very important that the front picture be cropped from a separate file to the exact dimensions shown and match the 300 ppi resolution of the original template. If that's not possible from the original I resize the template to match the picture's resolution but maintain the original template dimensions. When all 4 card surfaces are complete I print the front/back then re-insert the card as instructed on the template and print the inside. (The print procedure is for a bottom front load printer. I don't know if top loaders are the same.)
For this to work for you (and you can't print 8.5x11 borderless) you'll need to determine the maximum print size of your printer and create a template to match. eg. If the printer can only print with 1/4 in margins all around change the overall size to 8x10.5 inches and crop the picture to 8x5 inches and place it 1/4 inch from the fold. Takes a lot of draft mode testing to get it right.
From what you say if Print Shop would accurately place your graphics you would be happy with the results so let's look at that.
In our version under the File there is a "Precision Print Alignment" option. Do you have that and have you run it?
What kind of printer do you have and what kind of paper size set-up is selected before you open Print Shop? That seems to make a difference in 6.0.
FWIW all borders in all projects are perfectly evenly spaced in our version.
Bob

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shgilljx,
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Graphic template: The image must be rotated 180 degrees.The image must be within the top half of the page.
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Gwen,
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http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5ee42
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