TriFold Brochure and Print Merge

[Suz]

I have created a TriFold Brochure in MS Publisher 2003. I am incoporating
addresses from an access database using the print merge facility. When I go
to print the brochure, it prints out the whole brochure on 2 pieces of paper.
My Cannon MP 700 does not print on both sides of the paper on one pass. I
have looked and looked and can not figure out a way to print only one side of
the brochure. I need to flip the paper over. I could do this prior to adding
print merge but now it doesn't seem to let me do this.

Thanks!

 

[Suz]

No, the print options changed. I can print all enteries (read that as
brochures) or specify which entries I want to print ( 1 to 534 ) . I plan to
print a lot of brochures so this is critical for me.

Thanks!

 

[Ron Cohen]

The easiest way would be to use a separate file for each side. Bulk print
all the back side at one time then do the mail merge from the other file.

 

[C Schick]

I don't see how this will solve the problem... I am having this same issue
all day yesterday and this morning so imagine my surprise when I thought of
this board and see my exact problem near the top LOL.

If I put my address page/merge file into a different file in publisher - it
still wants to print page 1 which would be a blank page on the 2nd file - so
it will still print only every other page.

Once you add the merge it does exactly what Suz said.. it takes away the
option to print just certain pages.

 

[Mary Sauer]

You will have to separate the two files. Each having one page...

 

[C Schick]

OOhhh Suz... I think I may have found something!!!

Do your mail merge as usual. Save your file to have one to go back to..

Right click on the tab for page1 and delete that page

Then save this new file with just page 2 as a separate file so you'll have
just a p2 with your merged addresses or whatever and then that will be the
only thing available to print..

I'm sooo mad that I've spent this long on it!!!

Hope it helps ya!

 

[Ron Cohen]

I thought that would have been obvious, else why have two files? Just goes
to show that we can't assume anything about a users experience level.

 

[Suz]

That sounds like it will work! I will have to try that.
Thanks so much!!

Suz

 

[C Schick]

Actually Ron - your response could be interpreted in different ways. The Mail
merge has an option to merge to a new file and it takes the ENTIRE file (page
1 and 2) and then merges into a new file creating a multi-page doc with all
the addresses in it.

And no.. one should never assume anything about anything.

 

[Ron Cohen]

If you read my original suggestion, it said "The easiest way would be to use
a separate file for each side. Bulk print all the back side at one time then
do the mail merge from the other file." Saying to use a different file for
each side carries with it the implied notion that the reason for doing so is
to only have a single side in each file. Why else would there even be a need
to use different files?