How to Print Greeting Cards

One of the benefits to having your own computer is that you can access a variety of greeting cards online. This helps you save gas by not having to go to the store to buy one. Not to mention that the ones in the store while they are prettier and shiner are also more costly. Most greeting card programs--even the free ones--give you automatic step by step print out programs, although sometimes you run into difficulties.

Things You'll Need

• Card stock paper
• Color printer
• Internet

Instructions

1. 

   Choose card stock that is 8.5 by 11 inches. Paper that is smaller usually cuts off borders and some print. With most printers and greeting card programs you may be able to choose different sizes but it is easier to just stick to one size paper. Then you do not have to change the settings on the printer or computer.

2. 

   Place the card stock in the printer. Usually you can just place it the same way that you place the normal copy paper in the paper tray. However all printers are not all the same therefore you may have to print by trial and error. Do a test run with regular paper so you do not end up wasting the more costly greeting card paper.

3. 

   Print the birthday card out by going through the process outlined in the birthday program you are using. Most greeting card programs have a step by step printing method. Use their procedure, but if you run into difficulty go to Step 4.

4. 

   Download the image to a file in your computer. If the program you are using is printing advertisements on your cards then you may want to try and download the image of the card and save it in a file. Bring up that file again and print the greeting card out.

5. 

   Fold the card as desired. Some printable greeting cards are designed to fold in half while others are designed to fold into quarters. Sometimes you can control this by choosing one or the other.

Tips & Warnings

• If you don’t have a color printer you can print it out in black and white and then color in portions of it with colored pencils.

• Buy envelopes at a discount store.

Resources

• Free Printable Greeting Cards
• My Fun Cards