How to Design Stationery With Logos
Organizations, companies and individuals would traditionally have stationery with their logo designed by commercial printers. It took a lot of skill and expense to have custom logos on your paper, but with innovations in software and printers it has become more affordable to print your own logos on the stationery of your choice. With open office software and inexpensive ink jet printers, you can now design and print your own stationery logo that best suits your style and needs.
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Things You'll Need
- Open Office
- Ink jet printer
- Computer
- Stationery
- Logo design in Word or PDF
Instructions
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Printing your Logo on your Stationery
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Open your Open Office program on your computer. If you do not have Open Office, it can be downloaded for free from the Web site openoffice.org.
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Open a new "Writer" document in Open Office. Open your logo design in the new document by dragging the file with the logo into the document using your mouse. Use the mouse or the space bar to position your logo where you would like it printed on your stationery.
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Make sure your ink jet printer is connected to your printer via a USB cable or wireless connection. Refer to your owner's manual to see how your model of printer connects to your computer. Turn on your printer by pressing the power button.
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Load your ink jet printer with the stationery of your choice. Be sure to use special textures and colors to enhance the overall design of your logo stationery.
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In Open Office, click on the print button located under the "File" menu. Your custom designed logo stationery will now print from your ink jet.
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Tips & Warnings
Test print your logo on an inexpensive, low-grade piece of paper to test the design before you print it on more expensive stationery.
Be careful when using thick stationery in your ink jet printer. You may have to load thicker stationery into your printer one sheet at a time to prevent jamming.
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- Photo Credit stationary paper image by robert mobley from Fotolia.com
