Printing A Postcard?

Hey ya'll. Just started on my new iMac owner and first time iWorks user. I want to print off a postcard from the Pages template, but I do not have a two-sided printer. Does anyone have any tips on how I would be able to effectively print this out so that the picture on the front and the text on the back match up? Thanks in advance for any info!

Welcome to Apple Discussions Dave
I print double-sided frequently. The main thing to check is how does the page come out of the printer so you can feed it in correctly for the second side. It might be worth your while to test with a piece of scratch paper. Write a word or two & print the document, then put the paper back in the printer, write something for the second side of the document & print that. Now you will be able to see how putting the paper back in worked. If it didn't print right, try again, this time putting the other end of the paper in first.
You don't want to print double-sided on regular paper with an ink jet printer, it will just be too wet.

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The printer says it can handle printing 3x5 postcards,
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03312222&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en...
but I find nowhere that explains where or how you put them in to the print to print them
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The 6520 has a photo paper/index card tray, it sit under the output tray (the top cover of the full size paper tray), you access it by flip down the front piece of the paper tray and lift the top cover, the photo paper tray can be pulled outward for loading paper. I did notice there are marks for 4x6 and 5x7. I didn't see a 3x5, but I would suggest try load as 5x7, i.e. landscape/sideways. When you print, select 3x5 paper size, and landscape mode.
Please let me know if this works for you.
Also, here is a link to the user manual: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c03406850.pdf
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Printing on Postcards

I have just written a book and would like to include personalized postcards with book mailings to targeted prospects. the postcard in question is 5x8 in size and is pre-printed with a glosssy sheen image-driven front side and blank uncoated back side. I want to be able to print on the back side. How do I set my printer up to take individual 5x8 postcards and print on the blank uncoated side? I have an Officejet G85 and work in Windows 8.1. Any direction you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ian

Hey @itonks,
I understand that you would like to print postcards from your Windows 8.1 computer to your HP Officejet g85 All-in-One Printer. I would like to assist you today with this. Now, due to the age of your HP Officejet you are relying solely on a built in generic Windows Update driver to use your printer. Therefore, we are at the mercy of what the generic driver offers for your paper type options when printing on postcards. I did look into the media specifications for your printer and found that the card size of 5 x 8 in is supported. Therefore, your printers hardware can handle the size that you're trying to print.
The specifications for your printer can be found here.
To load the media in your printer, please open the paper tray door and then pull towards you to extend the paper tray.
Gently pull out the paper tray extender, and then lift up the paper catch
Slide the paper width guides to their outermost position
Load your postcards in the paper tray with the side you want printed on face down. According to the specifications of your printer if the paper weight is between 16-24 pounds you can load up to 150 sheets in the input tray. If the weight is 24-110 pound 45 sheets can be loaded in the input tray at one time.
Adjust the paper guides until they rest against the edges of your postcards
Push the input tray forward until it clicks into place. Make sure that you push in the tray all the way.
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Once you have your paper loaded, please open up the document you wish to print on your computer. Select File and Print. In the Print dialogue window click Preferences or Properties. Check under the Paper/Quality options that the 5 x 8 in size of paper is selected. Click Print.
There should be no issues with printing on the uncoated side of the postcards. However, there is a chance that the glossy backside of the postcards may cause the cards to 'slip' while being fed into the paper path. It will be a matter of trial by error to verify if your machine will actually feed the glossy finish properly into your machine.
Please let me know if these steps resolve your issue. I look forward to hearing from you!
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Printing duplex postcards - URGENT!! pls Help.

I want to print duplex to a 4x6 inch postcard. The printer is set with a duplex queue. No postscript printing only PCL printing. We are on Reports 6i running against the 9i db.
The data will come from one record. Fields 1,2,3 go to front side for the address. Fields 4,5,6 go to back side. There will be boilerplate on both sides. I am using a letter format. Should I use something else?
Is there a "HOWTO" which addresses my request or is there a sample report which i can use as the foundation to start this.
I have tried several different data models and report layouts designs. I do have a printer which accepts the next record on the back side. But I need to split the record to the front and back of a single card.
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Printing duplex postcards

I want to print duplex to a 4x6 inch postcard. The printer is set with a duplex queue. No postscript printing only PCL printing. We are on Reports 6i running against the 9i db.
The data will come from one record. Fields 1,2,3 go to front side for the address. Fields 4,5,6 go to back side. There will be boilerplate on both sides. I am using a letter format. Should I use something else?
Is there a "HOWTO" which addresses my request or is there a sample report which i can use as the foundation to start this.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

I want to print duplex to a 4x6 inch postcard. The printer is set with a duplex queue. No postscript printing only PCL printing. We are on Reports 6i running against the 9i db.
The data will come from one record. Fields 1,2,3 go to front side for the address. Fields 4,5,6 go to back side. There will be boilerplate on both sides. I am using a letter format. Should I use something else?
Is there a "HOWTO" which addresses my request or is there a sample report which i can use as the foundation to start this.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Trying to figure out how to print four postcards per two-sided page.

I've been a Mac user for a little over a year, and I love it, but with this latest (2014, OS X) version of Pages, I cannot find out how to set up my document so it will print four, two-sided postcards. The only postcard templates are two per page, and it feels like I've gone to the end of the application and back trying to figure out the answer.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Just adding to Viking's reply.
The trick is to get the second page (the back) to print behind the first set (the front) when you feed the paper back into the printer or use the duplexing function, if your printer has that.
Desktop printers do not feed paper very accurately so it is hard to align the two. It will pay to test if there is a consistent error in positioning and move the 2nd set to allow for it.
Best to aim for the centre of your paper stock, so adjust the artwork to have the two samples head to head exactly in the centre of the page with a 10mm or 3/8th inch gap between them. You can do this using the Graphics Inspector to position them and rotate the top postcard 180°.
Step by step:
1. Group and rotate the top postcard 180°
2. Position it with 10mm or 3/8th inch gap above the 2nd postcard
3. Group the two postcards and centre the set on the page
4. Do the same to the back set
5. Print the front set
6. Tumble turn or rotate the paper (test for what works) and put back into the printer to print the back set
7. Test by printing simple boxes the right size and shape to see how they align. Move template on the page to allow for any errors the printer makes.
For a set of 4 follow above on a landscape page, with another pair next to this one.
8. If there is only one design for the postcard (1 front and one back) they can be on the same page, head to head (see above) and when you feed the paper back in the printer, the back should print behind the front and the front behind the back to make up two double sided postcards.
Simply test, using dummies to indicate paper direction, rectangles with F & B in the centre, and take note which direction, and side up needs to go into the printer for what result. Then keep that information handy by the printer, with step by steps to repeat them.
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Print "Penny Postcards" on Deskjet D1520

I need to print text onto Post Office "penny postcards" with my HP Deskjet D1520. My computer is a Toshiba laptop running Windows 7. I am using Word 2007. The cards measure 3-1/2 inches by 5-1/2 inches. In the printer's "properties" I can't find a place where I can select or enter those measurements. Where/how can I instruct the printer to recognize and print on cards that exact size? Thank you. Stefan
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Please read this post then provide some details. What operating system? Are there any blinking lights on the printer? The HP Printing Diagnostic Utility available from http://www.hp.com/go/tools may help.
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Postcard Printing

I am having difficulty printing a postcard with 4 per page. Can someone help with this?

If you have an image editor that can handle layers like Photoshop Elements you can print any of the iPhoto cards on letter sized stock and then trim with a paper cutter. These tutorials describes how: #8 - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card and #8a - Printing a iPhoto Greeting Card to Standard Stock Sizes.
If you have iWork you might be able to do the same in Pages.
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Printing 4x6 photos on HP Laserjet 4630. photo paper tray not working?

I am trying to print 4x6 photos on glossy paper. My printer has a photo paper tray in addition to a standard letter tray. When I specify 4x6 borderless glossy paper in the print parameters, the printer keeps pulling from the standard paper tray instead of the photo tray on top of the printer. This has worked for me in the past, but I haven't used it in a long time. What must I be doing wrong?

Hey. I'm a photographer with the C4280.
This printer takes care of 8.5 x 11's pretty much perfectly. But 4 x 6 not for me on iPhoto or Photoshop.
So what I did was I set up a pages document with a blank template, set at 4 x 6 inches.
I dragged rulers about .25inches in and threw in the photo set at 4 x 6 ratio. So... most photos are 4 x 6, just resize it to fit in the rulers.
I've noticed in most occasions it cuts off the top of the photo document when laid out in portrait.
What I do is a hit command p, select the printer but choose under the drop box that says "layout" i hit borderless printing, and a selectable box will show up saying "print borderless" and i just clicked it.
on the document though you might want to make the opacity 10% to save ink. you have to trouble shoot the exact place to set and drag up or down the photo. but once you get it, its reliable the duration the document is open and the printer is on.
i know its kind of pointless for one, but i had a shoot with live printing on the spot with this printer and its great. you can add texts boxes and put those perfectly where you want (once you set the picture so its set) and throw in another picture and really customize the 4 x 6.
i printed a postcard with the writing already in it. just had to mail it no writing involved.
you also need iwork 08 or 09. i have 08 but im sure 09 works. so if you save the pages doc as a template you can just drag in the image file into where the old image is and print that way.
command p, choose borderless printing in the drop box and click print borderless. it should work.
email me for a copy of my pages document. [email protected]
i promise though, with canon or epson 4 x 6 print paper, its pretty amazing. almost comparable to my prints from my printer.
or you can fit 12 3.5 x 2inch (business card sized) pics on an 8.5 x 11.

ReportViewer Control Layout for Duplex Printing

I have been looking around for a solution to this. What I need to do is print out postcards in Landscape mode in a 2x2 format. With careful sizing of the tablix control and the Body, I have accomplished this such that it will print this way.
The problem is that the reverse side of the page needs to contain a canned message.
There doesn't seem to be any way to control what goes on the reverse side, as only the header and footer have access to the PageNumber.
It's almost as if I need a second Body to the report or something, but I doubt that this is allowed in the .RDLC definition.
Any assistance here would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

I doubt, too.
I guess the canned messages are the same,so,why not print the back first?

Setting postcard as custom paper size in Page Setup

I am once again in trouble with paper sizes and printing. I want to print standard postcards (13.9 cm wide, 8.8 cm high). I opened a word processor, went to File -> Page Setup, set the printer to Stylus Photo R340; then -> paper size -> manage custom sizes. I set the width and height, set the margins to the printer's ones and named the size 'Postcard (landscape)'.
When I wanted to print a card, I went to Paper Handling -> Scale to fit paper size, I chose 'Postcard (landscape)', un-checked 'Scale down only' and printed. What happened? The card went straight through and my text was printed on the rollers after the card had gone. In other words the printer ignored the postcard paper size and printed as if I had put an A4 or other letter-sized sheet in. What am I doing wrong? This happens with various word-processors.
eMac G4, 1.25 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) Printer: Epson Stylus Photo R340
eMac G4, 1.25 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I now have some further detailed information, which makes it all seem even more bizarre. I have now carefully tried three word processors, and I have also tried some slightly different paper size specifications:
WORD: 13.88 x 8.80 works. Size appears under 'Paper handling'.
APPLEWORKS and MELLEL: 13.88 x 8.80 does not work; size does not appear under 'Paper handling' — 'Scale to fit' has to be used, but does not do anything.
ALL THREE: 13.90 x 8.90 works. Size appears under 'Paper handling'. 14.00 x 9.00 also works correctly in all three WPs.
I should be really interested in an explanation, if anyone could supply one.
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Selecting size of photo when printing on HP Office Jet 6500A from an Ipad

Hi, I have just setup my Printer and tried to print a photo from an Ipad, the prints are only coming out in A4 full page size. I have searched the User Guide and cannot find any reference as to how I can print them out in any sizes, I would like to print in Postcard size. Can someone assist please. Many thanks.

Hello KenA! Here's a link to an HP printing article on printing from an Apple iPAD:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02784317&tmp_task=useCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lang...
Take note:
With AirPrint, you do not have the option to select different paper sizes. Paper and media sizes are automatically selected depending on the application you are using on your Apple device, your HP ePrint product, and the region in which you are using AirPrint.
For example, from Apple’s Photo application, if the HP ePrint product has a separate photo paper tray, AirPrint will use 4x6 inch photo media as the default paper size. If the product does not have a separate photo paper tray, AirPrint will use letter-size paper. If you are printing from Apple’s Safari browser, letter-size paper will be the default paper size in the US region, and A4 will be the default paper size in Europe.
If you are using the HP Eprint center:
All photos e-mailed with HP ePrint will print at a default size of 4 x 6 inches (101.6 x 152.4 mm).
If your HP ePrint-enabled printer does not have a separate photo paper tray, just make sure that photo paper is the only paper loaded in the tray when printing photos.
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How do I get a section break/page break when the item is greyed out?

I've created an A4 document in word processing mode, with four identical A6 text boxes covering the entire page. Then I've created a second page with four more A6 text boxes so I can print a postcard on both sides of the card. Trouble is, Pages has made two extra text pages that I don't want, the first is linked to Pages 1 and 2, and the second is separate. I can't create a section break or page break because the command is greyed out, so I can't delete page 3. When I try and delete page 4, which is a stand alone page, it also deletes pages 2,3 and 4, leaving me with just page 1!
I don't have any problem with page breaks or section breaks in an ordinary A4 document with just one text box on a page, but I often want to create multiple text boxes and when I do I have always had this problem, ever since Pages was first introduced. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?

Thank you, Yvan, but I've tried that. Firstly, I unchecked the headers and footers tick box in the Inspector because I want the postcards to be exactly A6 size, that is, one quarter of A4. I've tried making the lower two text boxes slightly smaller (which I don't really want to do, because I want them A6 size) but I still can't get the insertion point to appear below the text box – it stays resolutely in the next page and won't go back up to the previous page. Any further ideas? Thank you.

Merge Address Book creates 4 of the same addresses on a Post Card in Pages

I'm a little miffed right now because I just spend 20 minutes on the phone with apple support who told what I needed to do but couldn't tell me 'how' to do it.
I'm trying to print multiple postcards (pages default if 4 postcards/page), all I want to do is merge my address book onto these postcards with EACH SEPARATE POSTCARD having different address...that means on a page with 4 postcards, I have 4 different addresses. What currently is happening is that I'm merging about 200 addresses from my address book, and it creates the same address 4 times(on one page, all four postcards), then creates another page for the next address (4 more postcards on that page). This leads to 4x's the amount of postcards I need to actually print.
Support told me that I need to change the setting from 4 post cards per page to 1 post card per page...but couldn't tell me how to do that. They suggested I look in 'help' for an answer....which I always do before calling support anyway. Any help would be nice here. I thought my apple protection service/support plan would help in instances like these...and YES, this answer came from an 'applications specialist'.

Cgip wrote:
Here's my question then, if the default in the postcard template is 4 post cards/page, how do I change it to one? This really seems like it'd be an easy fix, but I may be wrong.
I wrote:
The merge tool merges one record in one document. If the document is a "one_page" one, this means one record per page even if the document uses only 1/4 of the sheet.
We are writing upon a MERGE tool, not upon a LABELIZER one !
The only soluce would be to use a custom paper size whose height and width will be half the standard one.
Doing that you will be able to print one card on one small page.
If you try to put a single card on a page you will leave 3/4 of the sheet white.
You may also build four templates,
one with the card top-left
one with the card top-right
one with the card bottom-left
one with the card bottom-right
So you will be able to print
1/4 of cards with template 1
1/4 of cards with template 2
1/4 of cards with template 3
1/4 of cards with template 4
As I wrote, "doing (exactly) what you wish can't be done with Pages".
This is what was responded many times.
What you wish has nothing to do with MERGE. It's the job of a LABELIZER tool !
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Help needed on how to move caption

when I select print with the caption option the caption is about 5cms below bottom of picture so doesn't print.
how do I reposition the caption into the margin or even on the photo please?
i Am printing to postcard size. The picture looks fine in preview but the caption is well below the frame.
hope someone solved this problem!

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