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slant eyes · 09-04-2005, 09:41 PM

any one have a nifty way of printing on a 4 x 6 note card? i have a dell laser 1700 with the feed in the front and i can feed the note cards, but can't seem to get it to print to it for the life of me. i tried custom sizes, printing labels. i even tried to free hand it outta photoshop and flash but nothing works. any ideas? thanks in advance

Grancey · 09-05-2005, 09:18 PM

Not knowing what the exact problem is, I'm not sure what solution to offer. I'll give you one that I have used in a crunch. I taped the card to an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper and set the printer to print on that piece of paper with the card attached to the paper where the printing would occur. This will work if the printer is having trouble reading the size of the card.

amonkie · 09-06-2005, 02:17 AM

Have you tried or do you have a setting for printing on an envelope? If you set the "envelope" size to be the same as the notecard, you should be able to get it to line up. If not, you might just want to print on regular paper and tape it tightly to the card.

slant eyes · 09-07-2005, 10:17 AM

it's a new laser that my brother's company was liquidating for 35 bucks. he got one for the house and i'm refraining from taping it as i'm afraid the tape will get caught in the rollers. it has a front feed and i have tried different paper sizes, i've tried the envelope setting, i've even tried setting the paper in word to landscape and printing all down the left side, feeding the card so i may align it. but no luck

Redlemon · 09-07-2005, 10:20 AM

So... what doesn't work? Does the card get stuck halfway in? Does the card go through, but there's no printing on the card? Does the card get printed, but ends up askew?

slant eyes · 09-07-2005, 12:41 PM

the card gets fed all the way through. nothing is being printed on the cards. i took the advice above and made a custom envelope and something gets printed on it, but i need to still tweak the settings. it's a bit cumbersome but i guess works. if anyone else has an idea, i'm all eyes...thanks all

Redlemon · 09-07-2005, 12:58 PM

I just checked the Dell Laser Printer 1700 Details, and the allowable paper weights are 16 - 24 lb in the drawer, and 16 - 43 lb in the manual feed. I can't track down what the paper weight of an index card is, but I'm pretty sure it exceeds 43 lb. Perhaps it doesn't bend properly inside the printer?

thingstodo · 09-08-2005, 03:09 AM

I've managed to print on anything that will go through the printer. I set the margins based on the item I am printing on and use an 8x11 sheet size as the basis. I also save the custom size. I use this for all sorts of note cards, etc.

slant eyes · 09-09-2005, 12:29 PM

there we go...i'll try setting the margins. thanks...and thanks redlemon for doing the research. it feeds it and everything...just doesn't print it

09-04-2005, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
slant eyes Psycho Location: cali	printing on note cards any one have a nifty way of printing on a 4 x 6 note card? i have a dell laser 1700 with the feed in the front and i can feed the note cards, but can't seem to get it to print to it for the life of me. i tried custom sizes, printing labels. i even tried to free hand it outta photoshop and flash but nothing works. any ideas? thanks in advance __________________ no man or woman is worth your tears - and the one who is, won't make you cry question authority, don't ask why, just do it!

09-05-2005, 09:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Grancey Life's short, gotta hurry... Location: land of pit vipers	Not knowing what the exact problem is, I'm not sure what solution to offer. I'll give you one that I have used in a crunch. I taped the card to an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper and set the printer to print on that piece of paper with the card attached to the paper where the printing would occur. This will work if the printer is having trouble reading the size of the card. __________________ Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

09-06-2005, 02:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Have you tried or do you have a setting for printing on an envelope? If you set the "envelope" size to be the same as the notecard, you should be able to get it to line up. If not, you might just want to print on regular paper and tape it tightly to the card. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

09-07-2005, 10:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
slant eyes Psycho Location: cali	it's a new laser that my brother's company was liquidating for 35 bucks. he got one for the house and i'm refraining from taping it as i'm afraid the tape will get caught in the rollers. it has a front feed and i have tried different paper sizes, i've tried the envelope setting, i've even tried setting the paper in word to landscape and printing all down the left side, feeding the card so i may align it. but no luck __________________ no man or woman is worth your tears - and the one who is, won't make you cry question authority, don't ask why, just do it!

09-07-2005, 10:20 AM	#5 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	So... what doesn't work? Does the card get stuck halfway in? Does the card go through, but there's no printing on the card? Does the card get printed, but ends up askew? __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

09-07-2005, 12:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
slant eyes Psycho Location: cali	the card gets fed all the way through. nothing is being printed on the cards. i took the advice above and made a custom envelope and something gets printed on it, but i need to still tweak the settings. it's a bit cumbersome but i guess works. if anyone else has an idea, i'm all eyes...thanks all __________________ no man or woman is worth your tears - and the one who is, won't make you cry question authority, don't ask why, just do it!

09-07-2005, 12:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	I just checked the Dell Laser Printer 1700 Details, and the allowable paper weights are 16 - 24 lb in the drawer, and 16 - 43 lb in the manual feed. I can't track down what the paper weight of an index card is, but I'm pretty sure it exceeds 43 lb. Perhaps it doesn't bend properly inside the printer? __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.

09-08-2005, 03:09 AM	#8 (permalink)
thingstodo A Storm Is Coming Location: The Great White North	I've managed to print on anything that will go through the printer. I set the margins based on the item I am printing on and use an 8x11 sheet size as the basis. I also save the custom size. I use this for all sorts of note cards, etc. __________________ If you're wringing your hands you can't roll up your shirt sleeves. Stangers have the best candy.

09-09-2005, 12:29 PM	#9 (permalink)
slant eyes Psycho Location: cali	there we go...i'll try setting the margins. thanks...and thanks redlemon for doing the research. it feeds it and everything...just doesn't print it __________________ no man or woman is worth your tears - and the one who is, won't make you cry question authority, don't ask why, just do it!