I need help with printer settings in Vista

[Mach2]

In XP, I used to be able to go into options and tell it to use print settings
from document or from printer, and if I used a template for a specialty
paper(i.e.: Avery 2-up postcard), it would print out correctly.

I am now using Vista w/Office 2003 & an HP Officejet 7310, and I can't get
anything to print right. I am using a Publisher Template to print out my
business cards on micro-perfed business card stock (2 across & 5 down), but
no matter how I change the background size, change margins on the Layout
Guide or Page Settings, it prints slightly off. My business cards have a
background that goes to the edge.

Furthermore, I can't just use stock template settings, I have to print it
out, lay it over the specialty paper, note changes, make adjustments, print
it out & start the whole process over again until I get it right - if I can
get it right.

I am wasting so much time, paper & ink! Has anyone else figured out how to
get it to use the page srint settings, not the printer settings or trying to
use both?

Thanks,
Mach2

 

[Mary Sauer]

Have you tried setting up the cards manually?
Arrange, Layout guides, Right and left borders .75, bottom and top borders .5
Grid guides, 2 columns, 5 rows zero spacing.

Simply copy/paste your card elements 10 times. This will be an easier way to
adjust if it is the printer. I have a ink jet that will not feed business cards
correctly as created. I have found when I have this issue it is better to layout
the cards manually and nudge the cards up.