Multi-tray template

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Fernand Thill

Is it possible under word to define a template comprisig 2 pages, the 1st to
be printed on a blank sheet laying in tray 1, the second on a preprint paper
in tray 2. I could imagine 2 possibilities : 1 single dot. selecting the
trays, or 2 dot.s linked in some way. Would really appreciate if somebody
could give me hints.
Fernand
 
J

Jonathan West

Fernand Thill said:
Is it possible under word to define a template comprisig 2 pages, the 1st
to be printed on a blank sheet laying in tray 1, the second on a preprint
paper in tray 2. I could imagine 2 possibilities : 1 single dot. selecting
the trays, or 2 dot.s linked in some way. Would really appreciate if
somebody could give me hints.
Fernand
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Go into the Page setup dialog.You will find that you can define the First
Page as coming from one tray and Other Pages as coming from another tray.

If you define the template this way and save it, documents created using the
template will inherit those settings.

There are two potential problems

1. The ID codes used to identify the different paper trays vary between
makes & models of printer, so a template set up for one printer probably
will not print right for the second. The way to handle this is to detect
what make & model of printer is bing used, and to adjust the tray settings
accordingly at the time you print a document.

2. If you want to print duplex, having the Other Pages tray different from
the first page , what happens is that the first page will print from one
tray, but instead of the second page printing on the back of the first, it
will print from the other tray. To handle this, you will need to separately
print the first two pages to the first tray, and then change the tray
settings and print the rest of the document from the other tray.

This series of articles may help you.

Controlling the Printer from Word VBA
Part 1: Using VBA to Select the Paper Tray
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=101

Controlling the Printer from Word VBA
Part 2: Using VBA to control Duplex, Color Mode and Print Quality
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=116

Controlling the Printer from Word VBA
Part 3: Dealing with Different Paper Sizes
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=132

Controlling the Printer from Word VBA
Part 4: Getting printer driver details
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=183
 

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