I don’t know where it originated but a while back some genius blogger talked about saving color ink by making 4″x6″ items and taking advantage of one of the deals on a photo printing website. Genius! If you want to print some items for your classroom using this technique, this step by step tutorial will help you set up your PowerPoint Document so that it is 4″ x 6.” The directions below include details on how to do this on a PC, on a Mac, and even information on how to load 4″ x 6″ photo paper in your own printer if you want to print the images yourself!
How to Make a PowerPoint Document 4×6 on a PC
How to Make a PowerPoint Document 4×6 on a Mac
Where Should I Load the Paper?
It’s a lot easier to explain how to create the document and save the images than it is to explain how to load the paper since each printer is a little different, but I hope that helps! I hope this helps you in creating your own resources for your classroom!
I have thought about doing this before, but never for small things- but bigger pages like 8×10. This would be really inexpensive for smaller game pieces. Thanks for the info
I have a HP officejet pro 8610 and the problem iv'e found is there it no option on print properties to select the size of paper/card i'm wanting to print on so my printer still thinks its printing on a A4 sheet and will not print with 4×6 index cards it dispaly's an error stating the paper is not the correct size and refuses to print.
Is there any was around this other than getting a different printer. As im using this to make revision cards i can't keep sending them off to a photo printing website and awaiting delivery!
any suggestions?
I am able to print from word on the 4×6 index cards but the presentation i have is in powerpoint.