Resizing and printing problems

[Cam Neeson]

Hi all

I am trying to print a wedding invitation using publisher 2003. I have
tried to print using a booklet sized 13.5cm x 13.5cm, however when i print,
the pages are not in the correct order.
I wish to print pg1 on left, pg4 on right.
pages 2,3 will be inside left (pg2) then right (pg3)

Printing is done on a standard home printer.

What am i doing wrong??

TIA

 

[Cam Neeson]

Hi there Don

Didn't think it was confusing but then again...

OK page 1 has picture, page 2 (on the back of pg1) has directions.
Pg3 (rhs of pg2) has invite text, pg 4 (reverse side of pg3) is blank.

Looking at the options in publisher i do not want to use an A4 sheet and
fold it to the correct size. I have custom sized paper of the dimensions
given, with one fold (like a book page)

Does that help any?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Setup your printer for this size stock, most printers have a custom feature.
Once your printer is setup for 13.5cm square and you select booklet in
Publisher, it all will print correctly and in the correct order.

 

[Cam Neeson]

Hi Mary

I have tried as you suggested and also tried removing the view>two page
spread as you suggested in reply to another question.

I am at my wits end, and am thinking about using the default A4 booklet size
as i cannot figure out a solution.

can anybody help me........lol

 

[Mary Sauer]

Do you setup your printer first? I cannot understand why this is causing you
your wits.

I experimented with your page size with my printers, all of them accepted the
size and Publisher would setup as a booklet. When you are in page setup, after
your custom print size setup, select booklet. What you will see is half of
13.5cm. Are you trying to change this number? The dialogue will say 13.5 x 6.75
or 6.75 x 13.5 depending on your page orientation.

 

[Cam Neeson]

My printer is set up, when the booklet is choosen it defaults to 13.5x6.75 as
you say. I am then changing this to make it 13.5x13.5.

Should i leave it as the default size?

If the height is 6.75 how will this affect the print size as i want a custom
13.5 square booklet?

Thanks again

 

[Mary Sauer]

Leave the 6.75 measurement, when you open the booklet to pages 2 and 3 it will
be square. Now if your stock is 27cm x 13.5cm and you setup a booklet, then it
will be 13.5 square and pages 2 and three will be 27cm x 13.5.

Did you get your wits back?

 

[Cam Neeson]

Ok Mary

Everything i've tried has not worked.

Could you possibly detail what it is i am meant to do....please!!

I have set up a custom sized booklet 13.5 x 13.5 in my printer setup (HP
PSC2750). I have saved this under 'Square Booklet'

Next i went to page set up > selected booklet and width 13.5 height 6.75.

This then distorts my design....and if i try to print it off the design is
completely wrong.

Where have i gone wrong?

Thanks and sorry if this is really simple and i'm not getting it.

 

[Mary Sauer]

Cam, I don't know what else to tell you. I have put a PDF here
http://msauer.mvps.org/more_graphics.htm
Maybe it will answer your question.

 

[Cam Neeson]

Thanks for the PDF Mary,

I think i've seen where i have gone wrong.

I'll have a play and get back to you.

Thanks again for your patience and help!

 

[Mary Sauer]

I really would like to know how it works out for you...

 

[Cam Neeson]

He's back........

Still no joy. It is now printing to the correct size except now when i
print eg pages 2 AND 3 (inside left and right) it is printing each page on a
seperate sheet of paper.
I thought that by choosing print>page 2 and 3. that both would be printed on
the same sheet.

The printer is a HP photosmart 2750 if that helps. (everytime i set up the
'custom' size it seems to default back to A4 - very wierd!)

Still getting beaten about the head (now its by the missus for wasting paper
- lol)

 

[Mary Sauer]

p.s.
I have looked all over for your printer model, are you absolutely certain it is
a 2750?

 

[Cam Neeson]

Your right i gave the wrong model number.

It is HP photosmart 2570 series...sorry for the confusion.

 

[Cam Neeson]

Sorry my mistake, it is an HP photosmart 2570 series printer.

I'll figure this out somehow, your help is most apprecitated.

(either that or i'll order my invites from a company!)

 

[Mary Sauer]

Tell you what, Cam, I will download the printer driver for your printer and see
what I can do with the setup. I will keep you posted.

--
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can the change the world: Indeed it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

 

[Mary Sauer]

I put an illustration on my web site. It has the same look as the one I posted
on the newsgroup. I simply don't know why you cannot get this setup.
http://msauer.mvps.org/more_graphics.htm

--
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens
can the change the world: Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

 

[Saviour-V]

New question, actually, but I need some info on printing things right.

Let me explain my situation. I'm using my boss's Word 2002, and he asked me
to make a printed booklet. While I got it printed out right, I spotted an
error in one of the pages, and tried reprinting in many ways, with no
success, and lots of trees killed (i.e, lots of paper wasted).

Don previously wrote that when you fold a sheet of paper in two, you get
pages 1 and 4 on one side, and pages 2 & 3 in the inside fold. What about a
document 36 pages long? I mean, that's how it would be if I didn't have to
fold it.

Right now, I'm trying to print out a page in this order:
1. page 9 (outside right)
2. page 29 (outside left)
3. page 10 (inside left)
4. page 28 (inside right)

Could really use some info fast, as this is meant for a university handbook
I'm making.

Thanks!

 

[Ed Bennett]

Don previously wrote that when you fold a sheet of paper in two, you
get pages 1 and 4 on one side, and pages 2 & 3 in the inside fold.
What about a document 36 pages long? I mean, that's how it would be
if I didn't have to fold it.

Try getting some paper (9 sheets for a 36-page booklet), folding it into a
booklet, and writing the page numbers on. This will show you which numbers
are on which pages.

(You should notice that an even-numbered page 2n is always on the back of an
odd-numbered page (2n - 1). i.e. Page 2 is on the back of page 1, page 10 is
on the back of page 9, etc. etc.)

The important thing to remember is that you don't have to print the second
half of the booklet. e.g. Once you've printed page 1, you don't have to
print page 36, as it is included when you print page 1.

Depending on how you want to work, and on the way your printer works, you
can either print each page, turn over, print the next page, etc. (1 to 1, 2
to 2, 3 to 3, etc. up to 18 to 18), or you can print the odd pages and then
the even pages (1 to 1, 3 to 3... 17 to 17, reinsert stack into printer, 18
to 18, 16 to 16, ... 2 to 2).

If you print the entire document to a PDF file instead, you can let Adobe
Reader handle the choice of odd and even pages. If you have certain models
of printer, the printer driver will give you explicit instructions on
exactly how to reinsert the paper.