Joe Grech wrote:
Hi, using OOo v 3.0.1 I have a 100 page book to print. How can I print the odd pages first at one go. The doc has page numbers. Printing left and right didn't do it! Obviously!!
Odd-numbered pages are always right pages; even-numbered pages are always left pages. The secret for manual double-sided printing is to ensure that you have NO blank pages at the end of a chapter, or the printing will get out of sequence. To ensure that, either manually insert blank pages where needed, OR export as PDF and select the "Export automatically inserted blank pages" option; then print the PDF.
To print odd pages first at one go from OOo, click the Options button on the Print dialog and DEselect "Left pages" in the Pages section of the Print Options dialog, leaving "Right pages" selected.
After all the right (odd-numbered) pages have printed, put the paper back in the printer in the correct orientation for printing the second side. If necessary, experiment with only one page to see which way to put the paper in. Then go to the Print Options dialog, select "Left pages", DEselect "Right page" and print.
I would give you a link to the relevant part of the Writer Guide on the wiki, but the wiki is down for maintenance right now.
Barbara Duprey wrote:
Have you forced all the odd pages to be right, and evens left? If so, check the option Tools > Options, OpenOffice.org Writer, Print, Print automatically inserted blank pages. It should be selected. If you haven't forced the even/odd pages to left/right, then you'll likely get a good duplex print by doing the left and right, but with a mixture of odds and evens each time.
OOo automatically forces odds and evens to right and left. No need for the user to do anything. Indeed, users cannot overcome this arrangement, This enforced right and left can cause problems in printing double-sided if there are any automatically inserted blank pages, as noted above.
If this doesn't help, we'll probably need to know just what went wrong when you did the left and right printing.
Agreed. Joe, it would really help to know what happened. --Jean Jean Hollis Weber Co-Lead, Documentation Project --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
