How to layout and print business cards in Avery 8873

I am new to Pages and can not figure out how to create business cards that register and print in
an Avery form 8873 Business Card sheet. This should be so simple.
Please advise he simple trick.
Mike

Have you opened and used the Avery word template for that sheet from Avery's website?
Tight registration is always a problem with printing to a desktop printer. The paper just doesn't have an accurate paper feed.
It is always best to design your cards with generous tolerances so nothing vital gets trimmed off, especially when doublesided printing.
Peter

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Hello everyone, when I print business cards I use one of those 10 blank business cards per sheet paper.
I scan the image of the blank business card template, then I import to Illustrator and then I make the business cards.
The problem is when I print sometimes I get some of the design cut and have to print again until I get it right.
My question is how do I get rid of the guesswork when it comes to printing business cards on a 10 card per sheet? (I believe the problem occurs because my scanner is not exactly 8 1/2 by 11 and therefore there is some margin for error)
I know I could use Indesign, but since I don't have Indesign (and may not have it in a future graphic design job) how do I do it in Illustrator?

There should be no guesswork if you set up your Artboard, guides, etc., accurately.
I never do this by scanning and tracing a card template sheet, by the way. It only takes a few minutes,to take accurate measures from the sheet and enter the dimensions for guides, etc., numerically. That way you are confident, for example, that you do, indeed, use consistent spacing between rows & columns of die cuts. And the question of any scaling/position/distortion from your scanner image becomes moot.
Then you simply have to design to accomodate the inaccuracy of the specific printer--which is almost certain to be the cause of the misregistration--just as one has to do for a printing press. Paper jogs somewhat as it proceeds through a commercial offset press, just as it does (albeit to a greater degree) on an office copier.
If you design graphic elements which are supposed to print all the way to the edge of the cards, make sure those elements bleed beyond the edges of the die cuts. For this reason, try to find card sheets on which the cards do not share edges, but have spaces between them. If you can't find such sheets, then limit yourself to designing bleeding objects which can span across whole rows or columns of cards.
What Scott says about availability of cheap printing online is true. You can also get short-run, on-demand, decent-quality, digital printing in places like Kinko's, Office Depot, etc. But often, the whole point of this excercise is to provide the client (or workgroups in your own company) the convenience of printing a few cards at a time on a desktop device or a networked office printer.
Delivering the card design as an Enabled PDF is great for this; you can create editable fields for the changing content (names, phones, etc.,) and the one document can work for the whole company. Any user can edit the fields in Adobe Reader, save the edits, and print the pre-cut sheets on a suitable office device, or at a quick-copy shop.
Also, consider the actual need for die-cut stock. Even a quick-copy shop running a decent digital press most likely has a paper shear also. Your real materials cost is much higher per card with pre-perforated sheet, toner, and inkjet cartridges, and you have to fuss over the suitability for inkjet versus laser devices. You're paying for convenience at the sacrifice of quality.
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This is the HP printer "wandering margin" issue with printing sheet business cards:
Here are some possible solutions:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Printing-Questions/Solved-All-in-Ones-Misalignment-on-Costco-or-H...
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I solved my problem by purchasing a competitor product that pulled the sheet though straight from the back versus pulling it in and around such as HP does.
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I am trying to print out some business cards using Avery 5876 2-sided printable business cards.
When I print a test sheet out of my biz cards on regular 20# paper stock and adjust the settings just so, everything goes well and a trial run using the regular 20 # stock everything comes out great! But when I put in the Avery card stock and hit go, the printer goes a lot slower while making the script and images very dark with excess toner on the card stock only. But not on the paper stock. Why is this?
Should I should change the paper settings on the printer from automatic to what setting for business card stock? If so, to what setting? -- Special papers, greeting cards, brochure papers or what??? PLEASE ADVISE.
THANKS,
Scott
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Is the stock designed for inkjet printers? The cardstock is likley being misread as photo paper by the automatic sensor. I would suggest trying with brochure paper, other inkjet paper or card stock in that order.
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