Print merge stops after 10 pages in Pub2003

[barbaracrane1977]

I am trying to do some very large merges in Publisher, and queue the result
to Adobe PDF. (and yes, I need Publisher for aspect of the document rather
than Word.)

When I use "print merge" it prints rapidly, but only prints 10 pages to the
named file, and then prompts for a different file for each 10 pages. I can
repeat the behavior on Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Media Ctr and on a Windows
2003 server.

I can do a mail/catalog merge to another Publisher file, and then print it
to Adobe PDF, but it takes FOREVER to print to PDF.

WHY does print merge quit after 10 sheets?

 

[Mary Sauer]

There is a registry fix for your merge problem
The Registry Fix
for changing the Mail Merge Batch Size
Courtesy of KATMA

http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/registryfix

 

[barbaracrane1977]

This solution partially works.

The registry instructions were very clear. However, setting the
"NumberOfRecordsPerBatch" to zero does not allow any size batch. It attempts
to print one record per job. Worse, if you try to cancel out of the process,
you can't get to the screen fast enough, and it keeps prompting for you a
filename. You have to use task manager to kill the print job.

However, setting the "NumberOfRecordsPerBatch" to a size larger than the
number of records in the job (250 in my case) worked just fine, and printed
VERY fast.

Thank you for the prompt reply.

--Barbara

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[barbaracrane1977]

By the way, for the Microsoft Office team, I believe this setting should be
under Tools, Options, rather than a registry edit.