Tks guys it worked. The trick I had to insert a BLANK page. > Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:36:53 +1000 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] printing even pages > > 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] >
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