Labels printing problems

[sgorick]

I am trying to print labels on Microsoft Word 2007 after merging from
Microsoft Access 2007. The first line is fine but gradually the labels slip
further and further down as the page goes on, until they are straddling two
labels by the end. I have carefully measured the size of the labels and have
put that all into Word. It looks fine on the screen but prints out wrong,
although I am sure there is nothing wrong with the printer! I have tried lots
of different ways but nothing helps. What am I doing wrong?

 

[garfield-n-odie [MVP]]

Do the labels line up correctly if you print onto plain paper and
then hold the plain paper up against the label stock? If yes,
then the problem is your printer isn't properly feeding the
thicker label stock.

 

[Graham Mayor]

1. You have added a header/footer to normal.dotm (rename normal.dotm)
2. The page size set in the printer properties doesn't match the page size
of the label sheet.
3. You have a scaling option set in the zoom section of the print dialog
4. Your printer has poor paper handling. Some printers will slip when faced
with label stock and thus are incapable of feeding the label correctly.
Cleaning the rollers in the print path may help.

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[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Access has it's own perfectly good label printing facility. Why not use
that?

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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com