Printing on blank playing cards (3.5 x 2.5 Poker, or 3.5 x 2.375 Bridge)

I have some Bicycle playing cards with blank faces, and I'd like to print the faces myself. I have a Photosmart C7280 All-in-One. According to the User's Manual under "Papers to avoid" it says, "Any size paper other than those listed in the HP All-in-One printer software." I see several paper sizes whose names I don't recognize, and the software doesn't tell me what the dimensions are.
Are there any existing papers in these sizes? Is there anyway I can define my own paper sizes? (I've been able to do that with older HP printers I've owned.) Lastly, are there any issues printing on these cards that are lightly textured and slightly coated?
Thanks.
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I have the C7280 and have the same problem printing labels. Avery 5418 label sheet is 4 x 6.5 I have it ready to print, sheets are in. Have gone in to put in custom sizes and it will print on a full sheet of paper. Lines up with the sheet of labels. Will not print when the labels are put into the printer tray. Message comes up "paper mismatch". Next option on printer is to press ok to cancel print job. It then spits out the sheet of labels like it should if it had printed so I know the labels are in correctly. Before trying to print I go ...print...to properties...features..resizing options....custom...I enter 4.00 and 6.50. (actual label sheet size) it is on inches. The box choices at the bottom are only cancel, the OK box is in gray. But at the top of this dialog box it says..
"The custom size paper you have just defined will not become available for selection until you have exited and reentered the Printing Preferences/Properties.
In this "Custom Paper Size" dialog box the only choice I have is to X at top to close or Canel at the bottom. It does not let me do OK. I click on the X to get out of that box and go exit the Preferences/Properties and look at the Print Preview and it is all there as I want the sheet of labels to be. I click print and on the printer the message comes up ...Paper Mismatch . Page size or ype is incorrect...press OK to cancel job. OK, now it spits out the sheet of labels..
Can anyone help me with this?
Thank you
Mimi1948

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