Cards Formatting and Printing Tips

Determine if your printer feeds face up or face down by following these instructions. This will ensure that you insert the product correctly when printing your two-sided project.

Does Your Printer Feed Face Up or Face Down?

On a blank sheet of paper, draw an arrow pointing to one of the shorter (8.5") sides of the paper.
Insert the paper in the feed tray with the arrow facing you and pointing into the printer.
Print your design.
Did your design print on the same side of the paper as the arrow?
- Yes: Your printer feeds face up. Always feed your paper with the side to be printed facing you.
- No: Your printer feeds face down. Always feed your paper with the side to be printed facing down or away from you.

Test Print

Print each side of the card design on a separate sheet of plain paper. Make a note of which side prints first, the front or back.
Hold the printed sheets separately behind the Avery product to check the alignment of your layout. Slight adjustments to the layout may be necessary.
If the entire sheet is slightly misaligned, adjust the top and/or left margins slightly if your program has this feature.
When satisfied with the layout, print onto the Avery product.

Printer Information

Refer to your printer manual for loading and feeding recommendations. Many printers have special instructions for card stock, labels and transparencies.
For best results, manually insert one sheet at a time.
Avoid using sheets with bent corners or other damage as they may jam the printer.
Allow the design to dry completely before printing the second side. Do not allow the printouts to stack up in the printer output tray.
For best image quality, refer to the recommended printer settings in your printer manual.

Business Cards

Test Print

Print on a plain sheet of paper.
Hold the printed sheets separately behind the Avery product to check the alignment of your layout. Slight adjustments to the layout may be necessary.
If the entire sheet is slightly misaligned, adjust the top and/or left margins slightly if your program has this feature.
When satisfied with the layout, print onto the Avery product.

Printer Information

Refer to your printer manual for loading and feeding recommendations. Many printers have special instructions for loading cards.
Fan the card sheets before loading them into the paper tray. Do not bend the corners.
DO NOT feed damaged sheets or sheets with bent corners through the printer.
Allow the design to dry completely before printing the second side. Do not allow the printouts to stack up in the printer output tray.
Store unused card sheets flat in the original box in a cool, dry place.
For trouble-free card printing, have your printer thoroughly cleaned on a regular basis.
For best image quality, refer to the recommended printer settings in your printer manual.

Ink jet

Manually feed ink jet cards from the paper tray.
For easier feeding in most ink jet printers, place card sheets in paper tray on top of 25 sheets of plain paper.
Adjust the paper width lever so that it barely touches the edge of the card and the card doesn't buckle.
Only cards designed for an ink jet printer should be used with an ink jet printer.

Laser

Most laser products are designed to work in laser printers directly from the automatic tray. It may be necessary to use the manual slot for some printer models.
For best results, feed one sheet at a time using the manual printer tray.

Paper Feed Instructions for the HP Colour Laser Jet 4600

Test print on a plain sheet of paper.
Place the first side of the paper to be printed, face down in the paper tray with the leading edge being fed into the printer.
Note: The leading edge is the top of the sheet and the trailing edge is the bottom of the sheet for paper insertion purposes and these instructions.
After printing, the paper will feed out and is positioned the same way as it was fed into the printer. The paper will be face down in the out paper tray and the leading edge will be at the top of the tray with the text printed on the face down side.
To print the second side of the paper, remove the printed side one, flipping the printed side up and position the paper to feed the leading edge back into the printer.
Place the paper in the paper tray this way – printed side up, leading edge facing into the printer.
Complete the print session.

Separating Your Cards

After printing, fold back and forth along the horizontal perforations(s). Separate along horizontal perforation(s). Repeat folding and separating along the vertical perforation(s) until all the cards are separated.

Half-Fold Cards

Printing Tips

Determine if your printer feeds face up or face down by following these instructions. This will ensure that you insert the product correctly when printing your two-sided project.

Does Your Printer Feed Face Up or Face Down?

On a blank sheet of paper, draw an arrow pointing to one of the shorter (8.5") sides of the paper as illustrated here.
Insert the paper in the feed tray with the arrow facing you and pointing into the printer. Feed as illustrated for your top feed or front feed printer.
Print your design.
Did your design print on the same side of the paper as the arrow?
- Yes: Your printer feeds face up. Always feed your paper with the side to be printed facing you.
- No: Your printer feeds face down. Always feed your paper with the side to be printed facing down or away from you.

Test Print

Print each side of the card design on a separate sheet of plain paper. Make a note of which side prints first, the front or back.
Hold the printed sheets separately behind the Avery product to check the alignment of your layout. Slight adjustments to the layout may be necessary.
If the entire sheet is slightly misaligned, adjust the top and/or left margins slightly if your program has this feature.
When satisfied with the layout, print onto the Avery product.

Printer Information

Refer to your printer manual for loading and feeding recommendations – particularly for card stock – including the direction in which you should load sheets. Many printers have special instructions for loading cards.
Card sheets are designed to be inserted one at a time into the manual feed tray of the printer.
If any of your sheets have been damaged or have bent corners, do not run those sheets through your printer, as jams may occur.
Before printing the back side of the cards, be sure to flatten the sheets to minimize curl.
Allow the design to dry completely before printing the second side. Do not allow the printouts to stack up in the printer output tray.
For Glossy Photo Cards, when you print on the glossy cover side of the cards, drying time may vary due to ink brand, ink coverage, temperature, humidity, or other environmental factors.
To avoid smearing with Glossy Photo Cards, set each printed sheet aside to dry. Don't allow the glossy printouts to stack up in the printer's output tray.
For best image quality, refer to the recommended printer settings in your printer manual.

Paper Feed Instructions for the HP Colour Laser Jet 4600

Test print on a plain sheet of paper.
Place the first side of the paper to be printed, face down in the paper tray with the leading edge being fed into the printer.
Note: The leading edge is the top of the sheet and the trailing edge is the bottom of the sheet for paper insertion purposes and these instructions.
After printing, the paper will feed out and is positioned the same way as it was fed into the printer. The paper will be face down in the out paper tray and the leading edge will be at the top of the tray with the text printed on the face down side.
To print the second side of the paper, remove the printed side one, flipping the printed side up and position the paper to feed the leading edge back into the printer.
Place the paper in the paper tray this way – printed side up, leading edge facing into the printer.
Complete the print session.

Index and Tent Cards

Refer to your printer manual for loading and feeding recommendations. Many printers have special instructions for loading cards.
Fan the card sheets before loading them into the paper tray. Do not bend the corners.
Do not feed damaged sheets or sheets with bent corners through the printer.
Store unused card sheets flat in the original box in a cool, dry place.
For best image quality, refer to the recommended printer settings in your printer manual.
For trouble-free card printing, have your printer thoroughly cleaned on a regular basis.