In Publisher, can you turn off collating?

[the bookkeeper]

We have switched printing machine from Copystar to Konica. Person using mail
merge in Publisher now gets full job stapled instead of each set. Machine
rep wants to know if there is a way to de-select collating within Publisher.

 

[Mary Sauer]

See here:
Publications are not individually collated and stapled when you use the mail
merge feature to print in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002 or in Publisher 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891904/en-us

 

[JoAnn Paules]

That would be a printer setting. Have you looked at all of the printer
settings?

 

[the bookkeeper]

Thank you, I'll pass this along.

See here:
Publications are not individually collated and stapled when you use the mail
merge feature to print in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002 or in Publisher 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891904/en-us

 

[the bookkeeper]

Yes, the machine tech has consulted with multiple other techs about those.
Thank you, I'll pass this along.

That would be a printer setting. Have you looked at all of the printer
settings?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"

We have switched printing machine from Copystar to Konica. Person using
mail
merge in Publisher now gets full job stapled instead of each set. Machine
rep wants to know if there is a way to de-select collating within
Publisher.

 

[the bookkeeper]

Thank you, I'll pass this along.

See here:
Publications are not individually collated and stapled when you use the mail
merge feature to print in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002 or in Publisher 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891904/en-us

 

[the bookkeeper]

One other follow-up question, please: Since you mention those versions,
would an upgrade to Publisher 2007 eliminate this issue for us? Thank you.

 

[Ed Bennett]

One other follow-up question, please: Since you mention those versions,
would an upgrade to Publisher 2007 eliminate this issue for us? Thank you.

Last time I checked that would make things worse. In Publisher 2002 and
2003 you can adjust a registry entry to change the batch size. In
Publisher 2007 this option was inexplicably removed, and the batch size
is now non-adjustable.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Probably because it wasn't "fun" and "exciting". <mutter, mutter, mutter>

 

[bjm]

This is the sort of thing that scares me when a product (any product) has
been "improved".
bj

Probably because it wasn't "fun" and "exciting". <mutter, mutter, mutter>

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"