Page setup for 4 x 6 post card to commerical printing

Pat · External Since: Nov 19, 2004 Posts: 107

I'm creating a 4 x 6 post card. When I upload it to a commercial printer it
comes out picture perfect except 2 times smaller then it should be. It looks
a little smaller when I use print preview too but not 2X smaller. I've tried
changing page setup to standard letter size and using guides to layout but
the same thing happens. Any suggestions on how to fix this so it will align
properly for printers?

Mary Sauer · External Since: Mar 25, 2006 Posts: 3845

Are you setting up your printer for 6 x 4? When you setup your card on standard
paper paper stock (portrait), are you getting the message Publisher will print
two copies per sheet?

You should be able to setup a custom size in your printer if you have stock 6 x
4.

Publisher by default will define an one inch margin on your card, are you
designing within that margin? It will seem small if your design is 5 x 3.

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"Pat" <Pat.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AD3BE875-93FA-445F-97E6-7C6A1CAA0B4F@microsoft.com...
> I'm creating a 4 x 6 post card. When I upload it to a commercial printer it
> comes out picture perfect except 2 times smaller then it should be. It looks
> a little smaller when I use print preview too but not 2X smaller. I've tried
> changing page setup to standard letter size and using guides to layout but
> the same thing happens. Any suggestions on how to fix this so it will align
> properly for printers?

Pat · External Since: Nov 19, 2004 Posts: 107

I had created it using customer 6 x 4 and uploaded to a printer. It came
back as 4 inches wide by 2 inches high on a 4 x 6 post card so they are
completely useless. Can't even put an address sticker on them. The printer
is letting us print them again but I still have the same problem with sizing.
That's why I tried putting it on a regular letter sized paper but print
preview still shows it as shrunken (a miniaturized version of the 6 x 4 card
except on a 4 x 2 size?

I'll try adjusting the margins again but doesn't custom automatically set
the margins?

"Mary Sauer" wrote:

> Are you setting up your printer for 6 x 4? When you setup your card on standard
> paper paper stock (portrait), are you getting the message Publisher will print
> two copies per sheet?
>
> You should be able to setup a custom size in your printer if you have stock 6 x
> 4.
>
> Publisher by default will define an one inch margin on your card, are you
> designing within that margin? It will seem small if your design is 5 x 3.
>
> --
> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
> http://office.microsoft.com/
> http://msauer.mvps.org/
> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>
> "Pat" <Pat.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AD3BE875-93FA-445F-97E6-7C6A1CAA0B4F@microsoft.com...
> > I'm creating a 4 x 6 post card. When I upload it to a commercial printer it
> > comes out picture perfect except 2 times smaller then it should be. It looks
> > a little smaller when I use print preview too but not 2X smaller. I've tried
> > changing page setup to standard letter size and using guides to layout but
> > the same thing happens. Any suggestions on how to fix this so it will align
> > properly for printers?
>
>
>

Matt Beals · External Since: Aug 27, 2006 Posts: 108

Send me the file and I can take a look at it.

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Pat wrote:
> I had created it using customer 6 x 4 and uploaded to a printer. It came
> back as 4 inches wide by 2 inches high on a 4 x 6 post card so they are
> completely useless. Can't even put an address sticker on them. The printer
> is letting us print them again but I still have the same problem with sizing.
> That's why I tried putting it on a regular letter sized paper but print
> preview still shows it as shrunken (a miniaturized version of the 6 x 4 card
> except on a 4 x 2 size?
>
> I'll try adjusting the margins again but doesn't custom automatically set
> the margins?
>
> "Mary Sauer" wrote:
>
>> Are you setting up your printer for 6 x 4? When you setup your card on standard
>> paper paper stock (portrait), are you getting the message Publisher will print
>> two copies per sheet?
>>
>> You should be able to setup a custom size in your printer if you have stock 6 x
>> 4.
>>
>> Publisher by default will define an one inch margin on your card, are you
>> designing within that margin? It will seem small if your design is 5 x 3.
>>
>> --
>> Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
>> http://office.microsoft.com/
>> http://msauer.mvps.org/
>> news://msnews.microsoft.com
>>
>> "Pat" <Pat RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:AD3BE875-93FA-445F-97E6-7C6A1CAA0B4F@microsoft.com...
>>> I'm creating a 4 x 6 post card. When I upload it to a commercial printer it
>>> comes out picture perfect except 2 times smaller then it should be. It looks
>>> a little smaller when I use print preview too but not 2X smaller. I've tried
>>> changing page setup to standard letter size and using guides to layout but
>>> the same thing happens. Any suggestions on how to fix this so it will align
>>> properly for printers?
>>
>>

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