[X4U] Printing Greeting cards from iPhoto 08

[Lynch Andrew]

Anyone?

On Aug 20, 2007, at 7:14 AM, Lynch Andrew wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>   In iPhoto 06, I frequently used the capability to print greeting  
> cards.  I would select a photo, select print, select greeting cards  
> from the dialog, and print.  The picture would appear on one half  
> of the 8.5x11 greeting card stock I used, which came with envelopes  
> to match.  Fold the card, sign it, and off to the event....
>
> This capability appears to be gone in iPhoto '08.  There is a very  
> nice mechanism to design greeting cards.  Although there is only a  
> "buy" button on this page, not a "print" button, you can print the  
> card.  Unfortunately, it assumes you have 7x10 stock, not the  
> 8.5x11 stock commonly available, and the resulting printed product  
> ends up in the lower left hand region of the paper. (I have not  
> tested using 7x10 paper, so I am not certain that it works, though  
> it may).
>
> The guy at Apple Support was surprised by this as well.
>
> I used this capability all of the time, and am bummed that it is  
> gone.  It has saved me frequent last minute trips to the stationary  
> store, and waiting for the mail to arrive to get a card is just not  
> an option.
>
> Has anyone gotten around this?  I have tried changing the paper  
> size under the advanced tab, played with using layout to get two  
> pages on a page.....
>
> Dual 2.7 G5 running 10.4.10, Canon i960
>
> Cheers,
>     Drew
>
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