24 Jul
2002
24 Jul
'02
10:10 p.m.
which holds the actual sticky labels. While the offset
is only about 1/4",
that distance is quite noticeable. But when I attempt to use the Avery
program, there does not seem to be anything I can do to shift the labels.
Can anyone suggest anything from their experience? This is using
Windows 98 SE where I am a dummy!!
If you are using the MS Word templates, I think you can just adjust the
lines or margins to shift the image offset.
If you are using the actual Avery LabelPro software, there is a printer
nudge feature (at least on the Mac, I don't really use the PC version
often so I'm not 100% sure on that, but I would think it is there too).
With the printer nudge, you can tell it to offset the image in incriments
(1/100th of an inch IIRC). That offset will let you move it up/down or
left right.
I have found that the Avery LablePro software doesn't seem to print the
very bottom of the image on my DeskJet 855. It drops about the last 1/4"
of the image (not offset, but rather just missing). It seems to be just
that printer that it happens with, and I'm not 100% positive that it
isn't the printer doing it (read: I haven't really tried it with other
software to see if everything is just missing at that point, but nothing
else has popped out at me). With my laser printers, the images always
print correctly (so my color CD backgrounds I just used a striped image
so you can't tell the bottom is cut off, rather it just looks like part
of the image design)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
24 Jul
24 Jul
10:21 p.m.
On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Chris wrote:
I have found that the Avery LablePro software
doesn't seem to print the
very bottom of the image on my DeskJet 855. It drops about the last 1/4"
of the image (not offset, but rather just missing). It seems to be just
that printer that it happens with, and I'm not 100% positive that it
isn't the printer doing it (read: I haven't really tried it with other
software to see if everything is just missing at that point, but nothing
else has popped out at me). With my laser printers, the images always
print correctly (so my color CD backgrounds I just used a striped image
so you can't tell the bottom is cut off, rather it just looks like part
of the image design)
IIRC, the HP DeskJet 800 series can't print on the last 1/4" or so of the
page due to their design. I think this is a common problem with other
DeskJets too.
-Toth
25 Jul
25 Jul
8:18 a.m.
Chris wrote:
which holds the
actual sticky labels. While the offset is only about 1/4",
that distance is quite noticeable. But when I attempt to use the Avery
program, there does not seem to be anything I can do to shift the labels.
Can anyone suggest anything from their experience? This is using
Windows 98 SE where I am a dummy!!
If you are using the actual Avery LabelPro
software, there is a printer
nudge feature (at least on the Mac, I don't really use the PC version
often so I'm not 100% sure on that, but I would think it is there too).
With the printer nudge, you can tell it to offset the image in incriments
(1/100th of an inch IIRC). That offset will let you move it up/down or
left right. I have found that the Avery LablePro software
doesn't seem to print the
very bottom of the image on my DeskJet 855. It drops about the last 1/4"
of the image (not offset, but rather just missing). It seems to be just
that printer that it happens with, and I'm not 100% positive that it
isn't the printer doing it (read: I haven't really tried it with other
software to see if everything is just missing at that point, but nothing
else has popped out at me). With my laser printers, the images always
print correctly (so my color CD backgrounds I just used a striped image
so you can't tell the bottom is cut off, rather it just looks like part
of the image design)
In my case, I probably have about 1/2" at the top and bottom of leeway
between the printed area and the edge of the form. The actual label
that is ready to be lifted from the page - wasting all the rest of the page
of course since that is the only economical way the manufacture the
sheets which contain 2 labels on the standard 8 1/2" by 11" pages -
is in the middle of the sheet and each start 9/16" below the top and 3/4"
above the bottom with about 3/8" between the 2 labels. Since each
label is 4 5/8" in diameter, the total is 10 15/16, so each of those
measurements must be slightly low - or my eyes can't see well enough.
In any case, the problem is NOT with the printer, but with my lack
of being able to understand the Avery label program in that I can't
figure out how to paste the scanned information to a slightly different
location relative to the template location of the labels that Avery
provides. Any ideas??????????????
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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2:17 p.m.
Try Surething's CD Labeler v3.0 (you can get it at Best Buy). Comes with
thousands of background images and clipart and will print on every type of
CD label stock available.
Douglas Wood
Software Engineer
dbwood(a)kc.rr.com
Home of the EPICIS Development System for the PIC and SX
http://epicis.piclist.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerome H. Fine" <jhfinepw4z(a)compsys.to>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: How to Print CD Label
1/4",
page
Chris wrote:
> >which holds the actual sticky labels. While the offset is only about
> >that distance is quite noticeable. But when
I attempt to use the Avery
> >program, there does not seem to be anything I can do to shift the
labels.
> >Can anyone suggest anything from their
experience? This is using
> >Windows 98 SE where I am a dummy!!
> If you are using the actual Avery LabelPro software, there is a printer
> nudge feature (at least on the Mac, I don't really use the PC version
> often so I'm not 100% sure on that, but I would think it is there too).
> With the printer nudge, you can tell it to offset the image in
incriments
(1/100th of an
inch IIRC). That offset will let you move it up/down or
left right.
Jerome Fine replies:
It does not seem as if the feature is there on the Windows 98 SE version.
There is no icon that I have discovered that refers to "nudge". There are
some alignment icons, but I have not, as yet, discovered how to activate
them.
I have found that the Avery LablePro software
doesn't seem to print the
very bottom of the image on my DeskJet 855. It drops about the last 1/4"
of the image (not offset, but rather just missing). It seems to be just
that printer that it happens with, and I'm not 100% positive that it
isn't the printer doing it (read: I haven't really tried it with other
software to see if everything is just missing at that point, but nothing
else has popped out at me). With my laser printers, the images always
print correctly (so my color CD backgrounds I just used a striped image
so you can't tell the bottom is cut off, rather it just looks like part
of the image design)
In my case, I probably have about 1/2" at the top and bottom of leeway
between the printed area and the edge of the form. The actual label
that is ready to be lifted from the page - wasting all the rest of the of course since that is the only economical way the
manufacture the
sheets which contain 2 labels on the standard 8 1/2" by 11" pages -
is in the middle of the sheet and each start 9/16" below the top and 3/4"
above the bottom with about 3/8" between the 2 labels. Since each
label is 4 5/8" in diameter, the total is 10 15/16, so each of those
measurements must be slightly low - or my eyes can't see well enough.
In any case, the problem is NOT with the printer, but with my lack
of being able to understand the Avery label program in that I can't
figure out how to paste the scanned information to a slightly different
location relative to the template location of the labels that Avery
provides. Any ideas??????????????
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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address has been discontinued due a high volume of junk
e-mail, then the semi-permanent e-mail address can be
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