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Printing Both Sides on a Single-Sided Printer
1:22 · Published January 29, 2016 · Watch on YouTube
You can print a two-sided card on a single-sided printer by feeding the card through twice. This demonstration shows the whole process.
How the two-pass method works
A single-sided printer prints one face of the card at a time, but that does not limit you to one-sided cards. Design the card with both a front and a back in your card design software, print the front, then take the card out, turn it over, feed it back in and print the back.
It is a practical approach for small runs. If you print two-sided cards regularly, a dual-sided printer turns the card over inside the printer and saves the manual step.
The short version
- Your design needs both a front and a back layout.
- Print the front, turn the card over by hand, then print the back.
- For regular two-sided printing, a dual-sided printer does the turning for you.
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