How do you print accurately in precise parts of a page?

[Rudyard]

I have some paper that has marked areas to create a keyring, its called pixifun and the pages are perforated to seperate easily and you can print on either A5 or 6.

Now it has little squares where the image must print and I have resized my image to 3.4cmX3.4cm (by measurement) as per the size of the squares. There are 3 (or 6 depending on A5 or 6) squares to a page and I have no idea how to print my images within these perforated squares.

There are no instructions. What program has the ability to import a photo and print it precicly using measurements on a page?

[rallynavvie]

Page layout programs like Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, or even Photoshop can do the digital layout as long as you have decent measurements for where the perfs are on the page. MS Publisher should work as well. Best to start by laying down guides (lines that don't print) on your document first according to your measurements of the paper, then save this as a template in case you do more.

The other half of the equation is the printer. Many printers are known for being sloppy when feeding the paper through so if the printer is off then the measurements you took don't even matter. Most printers can be calibrated/adjusted to print pretty close to perfect, maybe up to 5mm of play when printing. To combat this keep the artwork you're printing on the tags about 3-5mm away from your guides so that it has some room to move around. Also if you're printing a background color make sure to overbleed by about the same amount, that is make the background color extend beyond the guides by 3-5mm.

[stiltman]

you can also use tables within Word