Greeting card for automated printing

A system comprising:

• a plurality of preassembled greeting card blanks each of which comprises:
• a front panel comprising a first outer card face, which comprises a front of the preassembled greeting card blank, and comprising a first inner card face;
• a back panel hingedly connected to the front panel along a first fold and comprising a second outer card face, which comprises a back of the preassembled greeting card blank, and comprising a second inner card face;
• a protective panel hingedly connected to the front panel along a second fold, the protective panel being movable, by hinging via the second fold, between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the closed position, the protective panel overlays the front panel, and in the open position, the protective panel is splayed outward and apart from the front panel;
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• a 3D card element affixed to the preassembled greeting card blank, the 3D card element being contained between the front panel and the protective panel when the protective panel is in the closed position;
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• a printer comprising:
• a card feeder that receives each preassembled greeting card blank with the protective panel in the closed position so as to contain the 3D card element between the front panel and the protective panel and the second inner card face oriented towards a print head, wherein the card feeder receives the front panel and the protective panel of each preassembled greeting card blank before the back panel, and wherein the card feeder receives the second fold of each preassembled greeting card blank before an edge of the protective panel opposite the second fold;
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• the print head automatedly printing, while the protective panel is in the closed position, a custom graphic on the second inner card face of each preassembled greeting card blank, wherein the custom graphic is a printed representation of a digital image provided by a card purchaser for each respective preassembled greeting card blank.