At 17:36 20/06/2008 +0100, Gordon wrote:
Brian Barker wrote:
At 15:18 20/06/2008 +0100, Gordon Noname wrote:
... when printing A5 booklets, ...
Using the same printer, in Write Beta 3, I can't do the same
thing. I've tried all the settings I can think of and yes it does
print two pages on one side, but not in full A5 size - it squashes
them up to one side.
The print out that actually happens, is that both pages are on the
same A4 page BUT....half actual size, and page no 1 is printed in
the top R/H quarter of the paper, and page 2 is printed in the
bottom L/H quarter of the paper. The page actually comes out
portrait, although Landscape is chosen in the properties. If I
change to Portrait in the Printer Properties, then each page is a
quarter size, and printed at the top of the page, in the middle.
The only way that I can produce anything like what you describe is if
I select portrait orientation for the printer. So my guess is that
your landscape selection is somehow not taking. Is this a problem
with your printer driver? Or with the way that OpenOffice talks to
it? Do other, possibly updated drivers exist? Does the
manufacturer's version work better than your operating system's
default version? This technique does generally work in Writer.
I can think of one possible workaround. Obtain and install a PDF
creator which installs as a virtual printer. (It seems you are using
Windows. Suitable software is available free of charge.) Then use
the normal print technique in Writer to print your brochure to a PDF
file. (The normal Export as PDF function is of no use here, of
course.) If this works, you can open the PDF file in Adobe Reader
(or whatever) and print it simply from there.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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