Making your holiday cards is an affordable, more heartfelt way to tell your loved ones you care. Instead of paying upcharge costs for holiday cards, you can save money and customize your own. Make clean and festive holiday cards with the scanner and printer in your own home.

Making your holiday cards is an affordable, more heartfelt way to tell your loved ones you care. Instead of paying upcharge costs for holiday cards, you can save money and customize your own. Make clean and festive holiday cards with the scanner and printer in your own home.

1. Create your Holiday Image

This can be a hand-drawn picture from your child, a calligraphed message, or a hand-drawn image. You can even use an already printed photo of your friends and family.

2. Scan your Image

If you’ve invested in a quality scanner with bundled software, such as the Ambir scanner TravelScan Pro 600, the technology will do most of the work for you. Scanner software such as AmbirScan helps you scan your document automatically and quickly.

3. Determine What Paper You’ll Want to Use.

If you want your greeting card to come out neat and professional, it’s best to choose quality paper. You can select cardstock, which will give you a matt, rustic feel, Half-fold paper, which does the folding for you, and gloss, which will provide you with a vivid image. You can find these paper options at your local office supply store.

4. Utilize Microsoft Word

Open Microsoft Word to get your preferred layout. First, change the layout of the Word document from portrait to landscape. You can do this by going to Layout > Page>Setup Group > Orientation > Landscape. From there, you can add your image to one-half of the document.

5. Print and Send

Preview your image and determine if you like the layout or not. Once you’re ready, you can print with a printer of your choosing. Ambir scanners can save your file to most printable formats, such as png., jpg. and more. Once you’ve printed your cards, fold them and send them off!

If you’re interested in scanning art, cards, important documents and more, browse through Ambir Technology’s inventory. Find a user-friendly scanner that completes jobs easy and fast. If you have any questions, you can contact our staff on our website to guide you through the process of creating your own specialty holiday cards.