How to Cut Business Cards

Business cards are a must for any representative of a business. They allow you to give potential clients your contact information while advertising your business and skills. If your business is small, consider printing and cutting your own. If you choose to go down this road, you will need to cut your cards to the same standard as other business cards. This is a straightforward process which can be done with a few tools.

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  Create the business cards using a word processing program. The dimensions of a business card are 3 1/2 by 2 inches, so you can fit eight business cards per page with a 1 1/2 inch margin on all sides of a standard 8 1/2 by 11 inch page.

• 2

  Print the business cards on card stock.

• 3

  Measure 1 1/2 inches from all four edges of the page and draw lines at these marks. There should now be a penciled box 1 1/2 inches from the edge of the card stock.

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  Draw a line from one of the short sides to the other across the center of the page.

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  Draw lines across the centers of the two boxes you have created. You should have eight boxes where your business cards are located on the page.

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  Cut the lines you drew with the paper cutter.