[iBook] Printing to custom page sizes?

[Don Hinkle]

Larry,
	What application are you trying to print the 3x5 card in? (i.e., on  
OS X or Unix?)
	 I would set up a page-sized page with the appropriate number of 3x5  
outlines, and put the content in each of them. Then buy the right  
paper from Staples, which has 3x5 pre-set on it, ready to "tear" off.  
Print a page of them, then break it into individual cards.
	Hope this helps...

"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." - 
Frederick Douglass

Don Hinkle
donhinkle at mac.com



On May 21, 2006, at 2:51 PM, David Frantz wrote:

> as near as i can tell, neither of your printers can handle a sheet  
> that small
>
> http://www.lexmark.com/lexmark/product/home/ 
> 938/0,6970,204816596_653293775_248490922_en_0_6,00.html
> http://www.superwarehouse.com/Canon_S820_Photo_Printer/6859A001/ps/ 
> 12941
>
>
>
> On 5/21/06, Larry Kollar <kollar at alltel.net> wrote: This isn't  
> iBook-specific, but probably of general use. Specs are:
> G3/900 iBook, 640MB RAM, OSX10.4.6.
>
> I'm trying to print something on 3x5 index cards -- specifically, the
> planner templates at http://www.diyplanner.com/templates/official/
> hpda -- and have run into nothing but frustration.
>
> I created a custom 3x5 paper size, and made sure the file was set (in
> Page Setup) to use it. And it insists on thinking I'm printing to
> letter-size paper, centers the 3x5 card on the paper, and spits out
> either nothing or the first two inches of the printout on the last
> two inches of the card.
>
> I've tried printing to a Lexmark Optra E312L (PostScript) laser
> printer and a Canon S820 inkjet, both before and after downloading &
> installing updated drivers from the vendors, with identical results.
> Apple's Help didn't turn up anything useful. A possible clue: I can
> select the 3x5 paper size when Page Setup is set for "any printer,"
> but when I select either printer all my custom sizes are greyed out.
> Perhaps I need to enable something, but what? I don't see anything in
> System Prefs that would work.
>
> --
> Larry Kollar     k  o  l  l  a  r  @  a  l  l  t  e  l  .  n  e  t
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