Business Card query

[Blair]

I wish to produce my own business cards for a self catering flat with
details on one side and a picture on the other side.
So far I have produced the details and the photograph in Word but now want
to match the two sides so that when printed they coincide.
I wondered if Publisher has this facility.
Blair

 

[Mary Sauer]

What is on the right on the front will have to be on the left for side two.
Might do better with either two pages or two separate publications.

 

[Blair]

Thanks for your help with useful web sites but what I really want is a
programme that will repeat the card at a known interval which can be used
for copying each side. I have already created separate sheets for each side.
What I would like would be to create as many repeats on one A4 sheet as
possible as I probably will use photographic paper
Blair

 

[Blair]

How about making one pub with two pages, side one (text)on page one, side
two (image) on page two, print odd pages, turn over stock, re-insert,
print even pages.

the stock is consistent from either side, spacing wise

jmho

I will be doing that but what I want to do is produce as many cards on a
sheet of A4 but of course they must match. So I wish to have a programme
which will space the cards the same both sides so that when printed they
coincide exactly
Blair

 

[drc023]

Publisher is ideal for doing this. At the print shops I've owned, I've
produced thousand of business cards (many of which were two sided and/or
foldover) and never used anything other than Publisher. To me, the key to
successful printing of business cards is to start with a blank sheet - DO
NOT USE WIZARDS OR TEMPLATES. If you are using preperfed card stock, then
you will have to position the card images to conform exactly to the
placement of the cards on the sheet which is quite easy to do. However, if
you are using full sheet card stock which isn't perfed, then you have more
flexibility. I'm not familiar with using A4 sheets, but with 8.5x11 inch
sheets you can get 10 cards per page in portrait mode and 12 cards per page
in landscape mode. There is no need to create a publication with two pages
or to create two publication with one page each. One page will work fine. If
you decide to print in landscape mode and assuming the cards are 2x3.5
inches (I know metric sizes will be slightly different) there are two ways
of doing this. The first is to set up the page size to that of two business
cards, i.e. 4x3.5. Use the top 2x3.5 inches for one side and on the other
create the back side - but here is the key - one of the card images must be
rotated 180°. You will also have to go into the printing options to specify
that multiple images should be printed on the same sheet. Set the gap to
zero and the top and side margins so that the set of images (all 12) will be
centered on the sheet. Centering is absolutely critical since you will print
the sheet to get one side and then flip the sheet over and also rotate it
180° to print the second side. The second and perhaps easier way is to use a
full sheet setup. On 8.5x11 card stock in landscape mode, you will have
three columns of cards by 4 cards deep. Create the front and back sides of
the cards. Position one image and then position the other image at the
bottom edge of the first image. Be sure to rotate the bottom image 180°.
Group those two images and then copy and paste so that you create 3 columns
x 4 rows. Once again make sure the entire set of cards is centered so that
all outside borders are equal. On 8.5 x 11 stock, that would be .25 inches
of scrap to be trimmed. In the event you are using preperfed stock in
portrait mode, the procedure is the same, but make the image in the left
column all of side one and in the right column, all of side two. For this,
you do not rotate the image since the card stock is only being turned over
and not rotated. There are a number of ways to print cards, but I can assure
you that once you get used to what I've laid out, printing business cards
will be a breeze. Common in the printing industry is to print cards 4up,
i.e. use a strip of card stock 8.5 x 3.5 or two up = 4.25 x 3.5. Either one
of these also work well with the flip & turn method I've described. If you
can precut the card stock and if your printer will handle that size paper,
then that works fine.

 

[Blair]

Ron you have told me exactly what I wanted to know and all I have to do now
is read your instructions carefully and digest them. At the moment my mind
is reeling!!
I hadn't thought of buying preperfed cards. I will investigate what is
available. Because the reverse side will be a photograph I thought I might
have to use photographic paper. I will investigate the quality of printing
on plain paper first.
Thanks again
Blair

 

[Blair]

That's what I said below

Yes you are right Steve- but I didn't appreciate how I was going to match
the positions of the cards
Blair

 

[Blair]

I've now read your instructions and follow most of it but at the end I came
to the conclusion that you were dealing with a fold over business cards. I
may have misunderstood you.
I can't understand how on one sheet I can produce a card with both sides
used
Blair

 

[drc023]

The procedure is the same for single or fold over cards. Single cards are a
little more simple than foldover, but either is quite easy. One half is set
up for side one and the other half for side two. Run all the paper through
and reinsert it to print the reverse side. An easy way to see this is to
take a sheet of paper. Draw lines to divide the paper into sections. Do this
on both the front and back. On side 1, write down numbers, letters or
whatever in each box on the top half of the sheet only. This will be what
prints on side one of a business card. Do the same for the bottom half,
except use something different to represent what will be on the reverse side
of the card. Flip the paper over and do the same on that side so that if you
cut out a single card you would have side one and two printed. This will
also show you if one of the images should be rotated 180° from the other. In
the world of offset printing, this is a way to save money on plate making
costs since the same plate can be used for both sides. In the SOHO area,
cost of printing plates isn't an issue since you are using a laser or inkjet
printer, but it's sometimes easier to do it this way and it does help keep
file sizes down since the same page is being used to print both the front
and back of the cards. If you are still having trouble seeing how this is
done, send me a private email and I'll produce a sample setup that you can
try out.

 

[Blair]

I would like to have a sample setup but do not know your email address.
I sent one to your address on your message but it was returned
Blair

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Sending an email privately to another person in a newsgroup without being
given approval first is bad etiquette. Some people charge for private
answers, some just hit the delete key.

 

[DavidF]

You really ought to read before you write. From Ron's post "If you are still
having trouble seeing how this is done, send me a private email and I'll
produce a sample setup that you can try out."

DavidF

Sending an email privately to another person in a newsgroup without being
given approval first is bad etiquette. Some people charge for private
answers, some just hit the delete key.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I would like to have a sample setup but do not know your email address.
I sent one to your address on your message but it was returned
Blair

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

You're right. I didn't see that buried all the way down at the bottom.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

You really ought to read before you write. From Ron's post "If you are
still having trouble seeing how this is done, send me a private email and
I'll produce a sample setup that you can try out."

DavidF

Sending an email privately to another person in a newsgroup without being
given approval first is bad etiquette. Some people charge for private
answers, some just hit the delete key.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

I would like to have a sample setup but do not know your email address.
I sent one to your address on your message but it was returned
Blair

The procedure is the same for single or fold over cards. Single cards
are a little more simple than foldover, but either is quite easy. One
half is set up for side one and the other half for side two. Run all
the paper through and reinsert it to print the reverse side. An easy
way to see this is to take a sheet of paper. Draw lines to divide the
paper into sections. Do this on both the front and back. On side 1,
write down numbers, letters or whatever in each box on the top half of
the sheet only. This will be what prints on side one of a business
card. Do the same for the bottom half, except use something different
to represent what will be on the reverse side of the card. Flip the
paper over and do the same on that side so that if you cut out a single
card you would have side one and two printed. This will also show you
if one of the images should be rotated 180° from the other. In the
world of offset printing, this is a way to save money on plate making
costs since the same plate can be used for both sides. In the SOHO
area, cost of printing plates isn't an issue since you are using a
laser or inkjet printer, but it's sometimes easier to do it this way
and it does help keep file sizes down since the same page is being used
to print both the front and back of the cards. If you are still having
trouble seeing how this is done, send me a private email and I'll
produce a sample setup that you can try out.
--
Ron

I've now read your instructions and follow most of it but at the end I
came to the conclusion that you were dealing with a fold over business
cards. I may have misunderstood you.
I can't understand how on one sheet I can produce a card with both
sides used
Blair

 

[drc023]

There are numerous ways to accomplish what he wants to do, but explaining it
is difficult without demonstrating how it's done. While the procedure is
very simple, the concept may not be unless it's presented graphically.
Remember, A picture is worth a thousand words. I often loose patience with
posters who make no effort to do anything on their own and expect the most
elementary tasks to be done with a wizard or template, but I'm more than
willing to help out someone like Blair who is making a genuine attempt to
find a better way of accomplishing a task.

 

[drc023]

Just remove the special characters, and xyz letters from the address. The
first part is already obvious - drc023.

 

[Blair]

Thanks I did that but I'm wondering if you received my message.I may have
made an error in your address
If you didn't receive it then I will send you my email address with Capital
letters added to this site
Blair