Greg wrote:
> I am trying to find a printer that *might* print single business cards.
> Usually, printing a single, small business card in a regular inkjets
> that handles normal-sized envelopes to letter and legal paper sizes
> doesn't work. I'm also aware of, but not considering, the Avery-type
> letter-size paper that contina several perforated business cards on one
> sheet.
>
> I was wondering if anyone had ever tried to print a single business
> card in a photo printer. Or, after reading this post, might try it and
> let me know how it works out. I don't have a photo printer and because
> I just thought of the possibility of using such a printer tonight for
> the first time, I haven't gone out to buy one to try it myself. I'm
> hoping someone might have some thoughts or suggestions on 1) whether a
> single business card might be able to be printed in a photo printer or
> 2) another type of printer or option I could look into.
When you say "photo printer" do you mean a photo inkjet? If so it's not
going to print a single card any better than any other inkjet. If you mean
one of the smaller format purpose-made photo printers you'll find that they
work _only_ with the paper provided by the manufacturer.
>
> Another reason that I'm looking into this is because I would like to be
> able to print on the small envelopes you use when you send flowers and
> you can put a mini-card inside one of those little, tiny envelopes.
> Again, being so small, these envelopes (~2.5" x ~3.25") rarely feed
> through a normal inkjet very well.
>
> Thanks for reading through this post and I appreciate any comments or
> suggestions anyone might offer to help me figure this one out!
You can print small sizes in a standard inkjet by making up a carrier
sheet--take a standard piece of paper, fold it over about 1/8 inch on one
edge, wrap that over your card, and you're done. You can get such sheets
with post-it stickum or something similar on the fold from Intuit (same
folks that make Quicken--they sell it to allow you to print single checks)
for not too terribly much money--the stickum is enough of a convenience to
be worthwhile IMO.
There are also purpose-made card printers but they aren't cheap and I don't
know what their capabilities might be--if you froogle "card
printer" (include the quotes) you'll get several hits--once you've got the
brands and models you should be able to research them further.
>
> Greg
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