Printing at home
Choose At home, download the PDF and print it at actual size (100%), never fit to page, on card in the size the pack tells you.
Print a sheet at home
- Open Share and print and choose your design and size. See Choosing a size and a design.
- Under Printing, make sure At home is selected. The screen says: Exact paper size with a safe border, so nothing is cut off.
- For an A5 or A6 table card, open the Printing group and pick Sides (see below).
- Tap Download PDF.
- Open the PDF and print it. Choose actual size (100%), not "fit to page". If the printer shrinks the page, the code and the cut lines come out too small.
- Print on card, not copier paper, if you want it to stand up on a table.
You will see: a PDF at exact paper size. The file name starts with your page link and ends in
-home.pdf.
Prefer to see it first? Print without downloading opens the PDF in a new tab.
Which paper
For Signal, the line under the Download PDF button names the paper.
| Size | What the pack says |
|---|---|
| A3 | Print on A3 card. |
| A4 | Print on A4 card. |
| A5 | Print on A5 card. |
| A6 | Print on A6 card. |
| A5 folded | Print on A4 card and fold in half. |
| A6 folded | Print on A5 card and fold in half. |
| Business card | Print on A4 card and cut along the guides. |
A business card sheet holds ten cards on a portrait A4, with short cut guides in the spare paper.
Most home printers leave a thin white edge round the page. The pack says this is normal.
Table cards: sides
For A5 and A6 the Sides setting has up to three choices.
- One side: one card per page. Print, cut, done.
- Folded card: a front and a back side by side on one sheet. Print one side only and fold down the middle so it stands on a table. Score along the fold first, or heavy card cracks along the crease.
- Two sides: two pages, front then back. Print back to back if your printer does both sides, or a print shop can do it. Front and Back buttons switch the preview.
Designs other than Signal
After Dark and Plain print several cards to one A4 sheet, to cut up: 2 A5 cards, 4 A6 cards or 9 business cards. Under How many to a sheet you can choose One per page, at its real size instead. That needs paper that size, or a printer you can tell to shrink it.
On a shared sheet each card has a 5mm white edge, which is what you cut down. A coloured sheet shows a note about this beside the download.
Ink
A very dark background uses a lot of ink and can make the paper cockle. The pack warns you. If your printer struggles, choose a lighter colour set, or use a print shop.