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Writer: Borders Cut Off on Cards: Alternate Layout Method

Article ID: 143229

Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005

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SUMMARY

When you print a Creative Writer card to a Hewlett-Packard (HP) DeskJet or DeskWriter printer, the bottom borders may be cut off.

The standard card layout and folding method puts the cropped borders at the bottom of the cover and back pages of the card. By rearranging the page order and using a different folding technique, you can make the printer limitation less noticeable.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, use the following steps:

When you design the card, switch pages one and three, and switch pages two and four.
When you fold the card, fold the top edge to the back as usual, then fold the left side to the front instead of the back.

MORE INFORMATION

The HP DeskJet and DeskWriter series printers have a large bottom page margin that cannot be changed. This fixed margin crops some borders at the bottom of the first and last pages of a Creative Writer card, even when the widest margin is selected.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

126260 Writer: Borders Cut Off on HP DeskJet Series

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