Re: Manual duplex printing requires each finished page to be flipp

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No matter, you've said you've got it fixed now with the one-click printer
setting solution, right?

Daiya


On 7/7/05 12:16 PM, "Larry" wrote:

> Daiya,
>
> As I said in the original post:
> "For example, the first sheet in the stack will have PAGE 2 on SIDE A and
> PAGE 1 on SIDE B; the second sheet will have PAGE 4 on SIDE A and PAGE 3 on
> SIDE B. This means that if you thumbed through the output stack, you would
> see pages 2, 4, 6, 8.... in sequence, rather than the desired pages 1, 3, 5,
> 7...
>
> The pages come out in the hopper face down, and go back in face down so that
> the reverse side is printed.
>
> I think the problem is that the Word routine is printing the odd sides
> first, and then the even sides. This leaves you with page 2 on the top of
> the stack.
>
> I've tried using the Reverse flag, and although it should have corrected the
> problem, it did not.
>
> If I do this all semi-manually (printing just the odd pages and then just
> the even pages) I can get it right, but my aim was to use Microsoft's "Manual
> Duplex" feature to save some effort....but to no avail.
>
> "Daiya Mitchell" wrote:
>
>> What *is* the sequence of page images that Word is sending to the printer?
>> In the first pass and the second pass?
>>
>> I'm not sure exactly what Word 2003 Manual Duplex does, but I assume you
>> print all the odd pages, then all the even pages. Might printing all the
>> even pages, then all the odd pages, work? (or vice versa, switch whatever is
>> currently being done) You might have to add an extra fake page to make sure
>> the last page is even, though, not sure.
>>
>>
>> On 7/7/05 10:25 AM, "Larry" wrote:
>>
>>> I'd have to disagree. This is "manual duplex" so I'm using Word's software
>>> to
>>> print the pages in the sequence that Word decides...I only provide the labor
>>> of taking the output out of the printer and reinserting it for the second
>>> pass. The problem is in the sequence of the page images that Word is
>>> outputting.
>>>
>>> But thanks for responding nonetheless.
>>>
>>> "Larry" wrote:
>>>
>>>> In Word 2003, using the Manual Duplex printing feature, I get accurate
>>>> two-sided printing with one problem: I must flip each sheet of the finished
>>>> output as it appears in the output stack. For example, the first sheet in
>>>> the
>>>> stack will have PAGE 2 on SIDE A and PAGE 1 on SIDE B; the second sheet
>>>> will
>>>> have PAGE 4 on SIDE A and PAGE 3 on SIDE B. This means that if you thumbed
>>>> through the output stack, you would see pages 2, 4, 6, 8.... in sequence,
>>>> rather than the desired pages 1, 3, 5, 7...
>>>>
>>>> For large jobs, flipping each sheet individually is a real nuisance. I
>>>> cannot seem to find a sequence of steps and combination of settings that
>>>> avoid this problem. Any advice?
>>

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