Publisher 2003: Merged postcard file prints reduced size postcards

[Mel]

I merged addressees from Excel 2003, display the first card, set to print 4
on a page and get a preview and printout of what I want but the cards are
miniatures rather than full-sized.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Setup your page as a postcard. I don't know why you are getting miniatures, it
will be a printer setting. Do you have a setting that says in essence, print
document on ?? stock?

 

[Mel]

Hi Mary,

I have my page set as a postcard in Publisher 2003. My printer is an Epson
Stylus Photo R320 and there is no print stock, or such, type feature. The
paper is set to sheet feed, 8 1/2 x 11 letter with 4 pages per sheet set. My
entire file contains 59 individual postcards and my test prints the first
four cards on one sheet.

Mel

 

[Mary Sauer]

What are you merging? What happens if you don't designate 4 pages per sheet?
When I merge postcards in Publisher 2003 I don't need to select 4 pages per
sheet, Publisher prints this by default. It has changed in 2007.

 

[Mel]

I'm merging the addressees for the mailing side of the card. The document
is just the address side of the card.

If I don't designate 4 pages per sheet I get a full-sized card per person in
the center of the sheet. If I change the page setup to multi-pages per sheet
I get 4 cards per sheet of the same person. Changing the setup to 1 copy per
sheet and the printer layout to 4 copies per sheet I get 4 different cards on
a sheet of reduced size. I get the same results on 3 other printers on my
network.

Mel

 

[Mary Sauer]

Mel, Are you creating a new publication in step 5 of the merge wizard? May be
the reason for your printing woes. Select print merge in the file menu or simply
print in step 5.

 

[Mel]

Mary,

That was exactly the problem! Hooray, it's working now! I was saving to a
new document. I started over and used your suggestion and it wirked fine with
the only change - on the Print Merge screen I had to change : "Change copies
per sheet " to "Print multi copies per sheet". Otherwise I got a single card
in the middle of the sheet. I am deeply endebted to you for your patience
and help.

Mel

 

[Mary Sauer]

Glad to help, Mel. Took me awhile to realize the problem. Thanks for posting
back, I really appreciate it.

 

[Mel]

Mary,

One last thing. Is this a reportable bug in Publisher 2003? It seems to me
that if an option is offered it should work, unless there is a caveat
attached as to the limitations.

Thank you once again,

Mel

 

[Mary Sauer]

If you think the developers should know about it... Click the Feedback on the
left.
https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx?SiteID=227

You'll need a Passport password if you want to report a bug. This is a Beta site
but it still takes feedback. You are dealing with 2003, but 2007 has the same
catalog merge.

 

[Mel]

Mary,

I couldn't wade through the appropriate selections to get to a place where I
could enter a feedback after I logged in. I'll just forget about it. Maybe
it will dawn on someone that it needs fixing.