On 08 Jun 2001 13:08:36 -0700, David E. Fox wrote:
> > First, when I try to print envelopes in StarOffice 5.2,
> > nothing happens, not even an error message. Printing letter
> > (8.5" x 11") sized documents works fine.
>
> Does printing envelopes work in the Windows version of Star Office? I'd
> check that, just to make sure that it's not a SO or Samba problem.
>
> I have also tried to print envelopes in SO a few times without much
> success. I have a Canon BJC 250 printer with a manual (envelope) feeder
> in the back of the unit. I tried printing an envelope just now and what
> results is a clean envelope going through the mechanism and one sheet
> being printed separately with my return address in the top part of the
> 8 1/2 x 11" sheet of paper. I tried setting the properties for the printer
> to both Portrait and "Env10" (guessing that means a #10 envelope, not
> sure), with the same result both times.
Printing envelopes works fine under Windows. (Either native or in a
Win4Lin or vmWare session)
>
> I'm using 7.2 with CUPS, staroffice (5.2) is set to do generic postscript
> through lpr. No issues apart from not being able to print envelopes - and
> even that might be a mechanical problem rather than a software one.
>
> Incidentally, I played a bit with Wordperfect but that was on a different
> installation (Red Hat) and envelopes worked there OK, but not on StarOffice.
>
BTW, I just upgraded to LM8.0. Neither problem has been affected by the
upgrade.
