Unless you have a printer with more than an 11-inch platen, yes. You can buy a printer that will print 12-inch and larger (I have several friends who are photographers or who are really dedicated scrap-bookers, and they all have printers that do up to 15 inches. If you're going to print that size a lot, it's a reasonable investment.
I brought my 12x12 to Office Maw, they cut all the sheets on a 12x6 so I could fit it in my printer; it cost me less than 2$ to have them do that. You can also go to Staples, Office Depot, etc.
No I do advise getting some legal paper and hand cutting it to a 6x12. It takes a few trying and adjusting steps to get what you want printed exactly where you want it.
Do keep in mind that your printer almost always has a margin. I'm assuming since it's your programs that you won"t have anything too close to the edge. I printed my invitations through photoshop and asked for no margin, there still was a 5mm one. Just so you know.
I'm so glad I printed things in greyscakle and on my cut legal paper first for that. I avoided using the nice paper for nothing that way.
i have a nice laser printer, but i don't think 12x12 paper will fit.
do people just take their stuff to a printers if it's on 12x12??
posted by vee 1 month agoUnless you have a printer with more than an 11-inch platen, yes. You can buy a printer that will print 12-inch and larger (I have several friends who are photographers or who are really dedicated scrap-bookers, and they all have printers that do up to 15 inches. If you're going to print that size a lot, it's a reasonable investment.
posted by suzanno 1 month agomy programs are going to be 6x6, so i figured 12x12 paper would be the best.
do you recommend buying regular-sized cardstock, 8.5x11 and just cutting it down to 6x6?
or maybe someone has a template for 8.5x5.5 programs?
posted by vee 1 month agoBuy the 12x12 and cut them to 6x6 and then run the 6x6s through the printer.
posted by prettykatie 1 month agoprettykatie- that's so smart! i didn't even think about that! (dumb of me!)
posted by vee 1 month agoI had the same issue as you did.
I brought my 12x12 to Office Maw, they cut all the sheets on a 12x6 so I could fit it in my printer; it cost me less than 2$ to have them do that. You can also go to Staples, Office Depot, etc.
No I do advise getting some legal paper and hand cutting it to a 6x12. It takes a few trying and adjusting steps to get what you want printed exactly where you want it.
Do keep in mind that your printer almost always has a margin. I'm assuming since it's your programs that you won"t have anything too close to the edge. I printed my invitations through photoshop and asked for no margin, there still was a 5mm one. Just so you know.
I'm so glad I printed things in greyscakle and on my cut legal paper first for that. I avoided using the nice paper for nothing that way.
posted by MrsFroggy 1 month ago