Mail Merge Problem

[kiti]

I'm printing a 6 page booklet publication. The mail merge to an Excel file
looks fine until I print it on a bizhub c550. I'm collating, center stapling
and folding in half. I'm getting more than one document per output (ie. 12
pages stapled together, not 6).

 

[Mary Sauer]

If you add two pages to the booklet, will it print correctly? The typical
Publisher booklet works in groups of four.

 

[kiti]

No. I have 6 full pages front and back which translates into 24 half pages
in publisher.

 

[Mary Sauer]

What version Publisher?
Publications are not individually collated and stapled when you use the mail
merge feature to print in Publisher 2003, Publisher 2002 or in Publisher 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891904/en-us

The Registry Fix
for changing the Mail Merge Batch Size
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/registryfix

 

[kiti]

I have Publisher 2007. Before I do the mail merge, I can print a single copy
no problem. Once I merge the 750 entry Excel file, I run into problems. A
print preview seems to look Ok. Would it make a difference if the merge
occurred on the first page rather than the last one?

 

[TheresaS]

Kiti,
I am having the same problem, but with Publisher 2003. The merge works &
looks good in print preview - a total of 8 pages with the correct info for
"entry 1", center stapled. Click thru each entry & they all look good. Go to
print and the machine sees the merge as one document and will try to staple
as many as 50 pages (6 newsletters) together. My document itself was formated
as 8 seperate full pages & then put into the booklet format by the printer.
They come out correctly if I print 700 of the same thing without the mail
merge, but if I add in the merge it doesn't know what completes the booklet.
Have you had any success? Do you have any suggestions or tips I could try?
Thanks!
Theresa