It all depends on the grain of the paper.

Printing short edge vs long edge. When duplex printing, you can choose which way you would like your print to appear on each side of the paper using the short edge and long edge features. However, when i go to print, the cards do not line up at all. With a flip on short edge printer, the paper is inserted with the short edge first (the edge of the paper that.

I’m assuming you’re referring to printing presses, and not desktop printers. The edge refers to where the next page follows on from with your print remaining upright. The main difference is in the way a printed piece is inserted into a binder.

New comments cannot be posted. The binding position depends on the method of flipping used. Long edge binding means the finished book is portrait, short edge binding means the finished book will be landscape.

Flipping on a short edge binds the pages along the short side of the page, while flipping on the. I want them to print back to back. Flip on short edge will print the pages so that you flip them over the top as you would.

I've tried printing the pages using both the long edge and the short edge function of the printer to. It’s always advisable to select paper with a long grain. Make sure the driver is the one specific to your printer.

Click printer properties and select the advanced tab. Short edge means the pages are bound along the short edge of the page.