Hello, This is not an answer for the purists but a work around that I have used for ages. I use two different printers for envelopes that each want the envelopes fed in in a different way. You only need to spend a bit of time once to get the right page setups on a writer document - use some reverse sides of used paper and put them through the printer, line them up with an envelope to see if the placement of the address etc is correct and when it is, save them either as a template or a writer document - Envelope for .....? printer. (If you open incoming mail carefully with a knife or opener you can use these also for your experiments) When the time comes to print an envelope just open up the template or document, type in the address or copy and paste from the letter being written and print out. Close when printed - do not save with the template or save the writer document and just change the address next time you want to use it. (I also have a lot of envelopes (as I do them) saved in an 'Envelopes' folder for regular payments or mail that has to be sent frequently) The printers I have do not know whether you have fed in something composed on an envelope or a writer page. I use the same thing even for doing a mail merge. This way I do not have to make up fully a new envelope for every envelope I have to address and print. [email protected]
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Harold Fuchs < [email protected]> wrote: > John Meyer wrote: > >> So your settings didn't correspond to the drawing or etching on the >> printer itself? >> > As I said "The paper tray is actually marked with a "drawing" of an > envelope showing the full left/right, portrait/landscape & up/down > orientation. Believe it or not that drawing is "correct"." > > But I had to find the etching .... Didn't I? :-( One day I'll learn to > RTFM. > > The hardest (most time consuming) part came with the exact positioning of > the data in the Writer template. > > > Harold Fuchs wrote: >> >>> Keith N. McKenna wrote: >>> >>>> Harold Fuchs wrote: >>>> >>>>> Twayne wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> I can't comment on how easy or otherwise it is to make envelopes in >>>>> Word as (a) I've never done it and (b) I don't have Word installed or >>>>> available to install. The only real difficulty I've had with envelopes in >>>>> OOo was figuring out which way to put them in my printer. Once I cracked >>>>> that, the rest was fairly straightforward. I seriously think that if you >>>>> have issues in this area you ought to raise them with the developers (I'm >>>>> not one) either by sending a description of what you think is wrong & how >>>>> to >>>>> fix it to [email protected] or, probably more appropriately, by >>>>> submitting one or several bug reports and/or RFEs (Request For >>>>> Enhancement) >>>>> to the QA system by following the advice & links at < >>>>> http://qa.openoffice.org>. I haven't looked but there may well be >>>>> relevant stuff there already, perhaps even with release/fix dates. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Harold; >>>> I would be eternally greatfull if you could tell me how you cracked >>>> how to load your envelops for printing in writer. I have not been able to >>>> do >>>> it for my lexmark printer and finally gave up. Got sick of the constant >>>> headache from beating it against that brick wall. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> Keith >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Keith, >>> >>> Basically trial and error. The one thing I did was to *not* use real >>> envelopes to test with. Instead I took normal paper and cut envelope-sized >>> pieces from it. I then drew a "flap" on each side and labelled each side >>> differently so I could tell, once the printing was correct, which was "up", >>> which was "left" etc. It sounds more complicated than it was. Probably took >>> 1/2 hour. >>> >>> I use European standard A4 paper and what I think are called DL >>> envelopes. My printer does not have a separate place for envelopes. Instead >>> I have to take out the paper and put an envelope there instead. The paper >>> tray is actually marked with a "drawing" of an envelope showing the full >>> left/right, portrait/landscape & up/down orientation. Believe it or not that >>> drawing is "correct". The tricky bit was finding out exactly where on the >>> "page" to put the addressee's name/address and my own name/address which I >>> position top left in a very small font. The latter is pre-positioned in my >>> template. For the former I pre-positioned a small text box in the template >>> so I can copy/paste the name/address from the letter. >>> >>> Unfortunately for you I don't have a Lexmark printer so my findings >>> probably won't help :-( >>> >>> However, I attach a template (letter.ott) that includes an envelope that >>> prints properly on my printer. Print Page 1 only for the envelope and pages >>> 2-n for the letter. I put the envelope in the paper tray with a short edge >>> leading and the flap uppermost "pointing" right like a > sign. So >>> >>> ---------- >>> |\ | >>> | \ | >>> | \ | >>> | \ | >>> | / | >>> | / | >>> | / | >>> ---------- >>> >>> >>> The "top" of that drawing goes "into" the printer on the right hand side >>> of the paper tray. Mine is an HP OfficeJet 4315 "All-in-One" printer. >>> >>> HTH. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> > > -- > Harold Fuchs > London, England > Please reply *only* to [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
