Printing Greeting Cards

Duplex Printer, Half Page (One Fold)

When printing pretty much any document on a duplex printer, the way it normally prints out, assuming standard folds is:

Landscape mode, single fold (half page card)

	Left Half	Right Half
Page 1	Front of card	Back of card
Page 2	Inside right (upside down!)	Inside left (upside down!)

Quarter Page Cards (Non-Duplex) (Two Folds)

For quarter page cards (where you fold a single page of paper twice), you don't need a duplex printer because of the way you can fold the card. For example, assuming you want a standard greeting card, with the height greater than the width, consider the below diagram(s) of a single page split into quadrants

Crease on Top

	Left Half	Right Half
Top Half	Front of card (Upside down!)	Back of card (upside down!)
Bottom Half	Inside left	Inside right

Since I often use this format, I created a template file that you can stick in Canva, or any other editor. This file includes just the fold lines, whereas this file includes both the fold lines and text that shows you which quadrant corresponds to each part of the card.

Or (if you fold other way)...

	Left Half	Right Half
Top Half	Inside Right (Upside down!)	Inside left (upside down!)
Bottom Half	Back of card	Front of card

Crease on Bottom

	Left Half	Right Half
Top Half	Back of Card	Front of Card
Bottom Half	Inside right (upside down!)	Inside left (upside down!)

Or, (if you fold other way)...

	Left Half	Right Half
Top Half	Inside Left	Inside Right
Bottom Half	Front of card (Upside down!)	Back of card (Upside down!)