Revive Business Card Printing in Word

[Christopher11]

I print my business cards from Word, using my Macbook. I use the Avery Ivory Matte business card stock, and really like the results. I like my design and have been using it for years. Lately, something is up: the cards come out dull. I've done this across several different printers, so I don't think it is the printer. I have a new one now.

I tried using new cards, same deal; comes out faded and dull when it used to be bright and vivid. Could this actually be the Word document itself?

Thank you for any advice.

 

[brucem91]

I do not think that you should use word document to make business card. I think you should use photoshop software to make business cards.

Neither, it's really best to use a publishing app, my favourite is adobe's indesign. As far as the OP is concerned, I doubt that a word document could be fading your print, unless word has some sort of color calibration or prints to a certain color profile. You might want to look at the selected color profile when you hit print.