Hi, I have a possible work-around. With one of my envelope center feed hp printers and an earlier OOo version I had problems printing No. 10 envelopes when I set OOo to center feed. Chose another feed option (forget whether it was left or right) but thereafter printed No. 10s just fine.
Carl --- On Wed, 9/10/08, Twayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Twayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [discuss] Re: Envelope templates To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 10:01 AM > Twayne wrote: >>> Twayne wrote: >>>> XP Pro SP2+ OOo 2.4.1 >>>> >>>> I still can not use the envelope printing features in Writer. None >>>> of them seem to work right that I want to use, namely center-fed # >>>> 6 3/4 and #10 (North American). >>>> >>>> It's a real pain to create a working envelope template; at least >>>> I've never found a way. Well, one way, by putting a box on a >>>> letter size sheet and printing the envelope as though it were a >>>> full letter size sheet but it's clumsy and inefficient. >>>> I've even tried opening Word envelopes with Writer but the >>>> result is dismal. >>>> >>>> Has anyone written, or created a library or whatever, of creating >>>> envelopes with OOo? >>>> >>>> It's hard to believe that in all this time that it hasn't been >>>> better addressed. >>>> >>>> TIA, >>>> >>>> Twayne >>> Hi Twayne >>> >>> Have you worked through >>> http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/tutorial/Print_An_Envelope.html >>> >>> or >>> >>> http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2005/12/printing_envelo.html >>> >>> I have for years now had a DL envelope template which I've adapted a >>> few printers over the time and use very regularly. I did as you >>> proposed, started printing onto a blank sheet, so I could work out >>> the orientation, and it "just works." So I just copy the address >>> from my letter and it has the return address ready to go. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> >>> Russell >> >> Hmm, thank you very much, Russell. I'm tempted to say yes, I read >> those, but ... obviously I haven't. Either that or they are >> considerably changed. Yeh! That's it; they changed! :^) >> >> I did get a few good hints from the URLs, so they were worth your >> posting. Thanks for your assistance and time. >> >> Best, >> >> Twayne > Hi, Twayne, > > I've been using a template for a #10 envelope for quite some time on > my LaserJet 1012, which is center-fed, face-up, flap-to-the-right. It > works every time. I just double-click the text box for the "To" > address and input what I want. The "From" address can be changed, > also, but I rarely do so. > > I'll post a link to it on http://needleswebs.com/OOoDocs.html > > Matt Needles Hmm, Thanks, Matt. However that prints to the Right Side here but that's probably a difference in printer drivers. Do you also modify your printer settings to use your envelope template? I'm trying to avoid printer setting changes. Also, and this might be why it didn't print correctly: When I opened the template, it claimed it was created with a newer version of Writer and offered to update me. Since I am running 2.4.1, does that imply that you created the envelope in BETA 3? Also again, how do you get the text to print vertically on the Portrait-set envelope? I've never had a set up so the text would turn horizontal for editing and return to vertical when you finish it; that's new to me, and I think probably the tip I need to make it easier to create env templates. I have #10 and 6 3/4 templates working OK, but ... your design appears more efficient and logical so I'd like to figure it out; the text boxes have me stumped. Regards, Twayne --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
