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A while ago I devised procedure for printing business cards. I set up an A4 master sheet, with guidelines dividing it into 10 business cards, and trim marks. Then I made up a template for each individual business card. I saved each as .psd files so that I can edit them them later if required. To make a working copy for a given card, I open the template, flatten it, then cut and paste it into the compartments on the A4 master sheet. I flatten this, save it as as a.jpg, and print it again when I needed more cards.
Originally I had been using a deckle finish grey card, but when this ran out I found it was no longer available. I still had some matching grey paper, so I scanned this, and pasted it onto the A4 master. I took the template for one of the cards, and deleted the background layer, so that it became transparent. Then I cut and pasted it onto the master as before. When I printed this on white card with my colour printer it gave nice effect, but after I had printed a couple of sheets I noticed that the cards were misplaced in relation to the trim lines.
Apparently when you cut and paste a transparent image the size is determined by the black components in the image, rather than its original size, and these are centred in the working area. To overcome the problem I put very small marks in the corners, so that the cut operation picks up the whole image and places it correctly. These marks can also serve for trim marks.
James McNangle
Originally I had been using a deckle finish grey card, but when this ran out I found it was no longer available. I still had some matching grey paper, so I scanned this, and pasted it onto the A4 master. I took the template for one of the cards, and deleted the background layer, so that it became transparent. Then I cut and pasted it onto the master as before. When I printed this on white card with my colour printer it gave nice effect, but after I had printed a couple of sheets I noticed that the cards were misplaced in relation to the trim lines.
Apparently when you cut and paste a transparent image the size is determined by the black components in the image, rather than its original size, and these are centred in the working area. To overcome the problem I put very small marks in the corners, so that the cut operation picks up the whole image and places it correctly. These marks can also serve for trim marks.
James McNangle
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