Hi,

When I print any card sent to me, only part of it shows up if I'm using 4 X 6 inch photo paper. The contact information is never printed. I'm using an HP All-In-One circa 2005 with the printer preferences set to print borderless, 4 X 6 from the photo tray. It tries to put the page number at the top right and the web page info at the bottom. It just isn't working for me. Does anyone else have this trouble, and is there a solution? Pinting an 8 X 11 page just isn't desirable.

David Bartholomew, AB0TO
ab0to@arrl.net

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AB0TO David Bartholomew

David,
Try doing a 'save as' on the graphic by right clicking on it and saving it to a folder on your desktop or elsewhere. Then navigate to that folder and try to print it from there. Try a print preview first to see what it looks like. Hope this helps.
73
Andy - n1ork

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N1ORK Orest 'Andy' Zajac

Hi all,

And even doing this, you'll have to trim some of your picture, or some of your paper
because with a 4x6 paper, the width/hight ratio is 1,500...............
whereas the ratio is 1,571 for the standard EQSL (528x336 pixels)

Why not 504x336 or 528x352 ?

73 de Guy F6DKQ

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F6DKQ Guy FALCOZ

I asked this somewhere, but I can't find it. Here was the explanation:

Traditional QSL cards were 3.5" x 5.5" - a standard post card size, and traditionally the standard photo snapshot size.

At 96 dpi, that translates to 336 pixels x 528 pixels... suitable for display on an LCD monitor (although woefully inadequate for photo-quality printing, unless the design is VERY simplistic with no fine detail). It also means they don't print to fill snapshot-size paper.

Time has moved on, and the standard photo snapshot size is 4" x 6" now, but the legacy of post cards remains :)

Personally, I think they should be at least 180 dpi at 4" x 6" (720 x 1080) for proper photo printing, 300 dpi (1200 x 1800) even better.

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VE3OIJ P. Darin Cowan