Re: How to print 2 pages per A4 sheet, on both sides in Publisher

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Ken, I have a Photo smart printer. Try this,
In page setup there is a search box at the top, type booklet. (it is slow).
Select the A4 setup.

Don't do anything else until you are ready to print.

File, Print, page range 1-4. Turn the page over, page range 2-3. (If you have
more than 4 pages you will have to work out the page range).

Don't mess around with the printer properties. I truly believe Publisher can't
communicate properly with the printer drivers. I have reported printing problems
to Microsoft several times, hopefully they will address the issue in future
service patches.

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"Ken" <Ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Mary
Further to my previous reply I have made some progress, but so far I'm less
than impressed with Publisher 2007.

I used the printer print set up, on the Finishing tab, set up "print both
sides manually", "Booklet layout - left edge binding", "two pages per ***",
"portrait orientation". The little preview icon looks correct (i.e. two pages
side by side). If you OK this it goes back to the Publisher print dialogue
page, but the settings will have changed to "one page per ***, and the
little preview icon will also show only one page per ***. The 2 sided print
selector can still be selected. Perversely, this combination prints the pages
as expected BUT each booklet page is now printed much smaller - the top and
bottom margins are about 1.5" and the left and right margins are about 1",
despite the actual margin settings being set at 1cm.

Can you suggest anything else? Maybe if I set the margins to zero it will
print them at 1cm?

Regards

Ken
"Mary Sauer" wrote:

I can setup your booklet okay here. Are you using the built-in page setup for
your booklet? The page setup will duplicate over and over and sometimes the
duplicated page will setup wrong.
I never use the print setup until I am ready to print. I have discovered this
is
the only way I can get a correct print in Publisher 2007. The print interface
in
Publisher is not friendly.

Do you have a duplex unit?

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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"Ken" <Ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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In Publisher 2007 I have made a booklet. Each page is half A4 size. I want
to
orientate standard UK A4 paper landscape, and print two (portrait
orientated) pages per ***, printing on both sides of the paper (i.e. 4
pages when printed both sides). I should then have two sheets which I can
fold in half to result in an 8 page booklet.

I set up the Publisher print dialogue and despite print preview being what
I
want, I am getting four pages per *** not two. If I use the printer's
dialogue box then OK the settings, it returns to the Publisher box - but
the
settings on this have changed and are no longer correct.

Any ideas - I've wasted tons of paper and ink and hours of time, playing
with the settings to no avail. The best I have managed is the correct two
pages per A4 ***, but not double sided printing.

Regards

Ken





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