how can I print edge to edge when making postcards in publisher?

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tnaa97 - 29 Apr 2006 05:23 GMT

I made my Postcards 4 per page portrait and the cards appear off center in
the print preview and parts are cut off and there is a white area on all 4
sides.

I need to print edge to edge how can I adjust the margins?

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Mary Sauer - 29 Apr 2006 09:29 GMT

Can your printer print borderless? Your printer has margin limitations, an
unprintable area. Generally in portrait your largest margin will be on the
bottom. Look at your documentation.

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>I made my Postcards 4 per page portrait and the cards appear off center in
> the print preview and parts are cut off and there is a white area on all 4
> sides.
>
> I need to print edge to edge how can I adjust the margins?

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robd - 30 Jun 2006 17:32 GMT

My printer is an HP 6540 with borderless capacity. Its printable area is
10.98" x 8.48". Several other applications that I run are able to print to
these margins. Only Publisher overrides my borderless settings. When I select
the Avery 8387 Postcard Template from the Publisher page setup, Publisher
forces a bottom margin of 1/2". This wastes two of the four postcards that
Avery's 8387 paper stock is perforated to provide.

Can this be corrected?

> Can your printer print borderless? Your printer has margin limitations, an
> unprintable area. Generally in portrait your largest margin will be on the
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> > I need to print edge to edge how can I adjust the margins?

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JoAnn Paules [MVP] - 30 Jun 2006 17:53 GMT

Will your printer print full bleed that size? My HP is full bleed - up to a
certain size.

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> My printer is an HP 6540 with borderless capacity. Its printable area is
> 10.98" x 8.48". Several other applications that I run are able to print to
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>> > I need to print edge to edge how can I adjust the margins?

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robd - 30 Jun 2006 18:13 GMT

> Will your printer print full bleed that size? My HP is full bleed - up to a
> certain size.
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> My printer is full-bleed. A previous MVP suggested saving the publisher document as a pdf. The pdf will print borderless, but unfortunately the print quality is less than typical Publisher quality.

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Mary Sauer - 30 Jun 2006 19:21 GMT

You can fool around with the overspray settings in the advanced menu.
If I want to print borderless, I save the publication as a high resolution
picture and print from HP's software.

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>> Will your printer print full bleed that size? My HP is full bleed - up to a
>> certain size.
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>> document as a pdf. The pdf will print borderless, but unfortunately the print
>> quality is less than typical Publisher quality.

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Don Schmidt - 30 Jun 2006 18:12 GMT

Try saving your file as an image. Fool the printer thinking it's a picture.

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Don Schmidt - 29 Apr 2006 13:11 GMT

If you are using 8½"x11" stock and dividing it into 4 cards you won't be
able to print borderless unless you have a printer that is capable of
borderless. If you are using postcard stock where there is a throw-a-way
perimeter of the 4 cards, create the card without any margins to the
background image.

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