help needed: printing @ home wedding invitation inserts

[p1tse]

inserts are 240mm x 115mm (i think, will check)

i have no publisher package, so trying on word.

so i've managed to print off two boxes, the size i want with writing in it, on a normal home inkjet HP printer on A4 paper, just where I want it etc.

So i then line up the actual paper size, the print misses half of it off.

any help appreciated on setting up word or the printer.
or anywhere in Bristol.
thanks

 

[RobertP]

No expert on Word but... have you set the custom paper size on the file menu> page setup before you did the text etc.?

 

[p1tse]

yep tried that.
have done it on custom word page to suit paper size, but trial makes it print on a4 down the middle and if i put the correct size in, it misses bits off, even when i change the custom printer preferences

 

[RobertP]

If print preview in word looks right but it does not print the same as the preview then I'm stumped. Only other thought it to try setting it up as a large label (on the tools menu I think) as labels are pretty size critical.

Failing that have a look for some freeware for creating invitations - bound to be something out there.

edit. One last (unlikely) thought - not some clever printer with a paper size sensor changing the print position? tried cutting the A4 to size first?

 

[Ladybird]

I print everything on A4, get as many as I can on one page and then cut to size on fancy chopping thingy, (can't spell guillotine?) :shake:

 

[p1tse]

thanks for the input

i was feeling really dumb, so the two sided grids came out on a4. i cut to size and re print and it missed half of it, so a friend suggested shifting the boxes the other way. doh!

thanks anyway.

but printing on tracing type paper, and still not bad.