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Richard Mitnick
Two printing problems with Outlook 2007, the first solved, the second still
not solved.
First:
So, finally, I don't know when, Outlook was repaired such that one could
print out individual contacts as detailed address cards. This was broken for
quite some time.
Anyway, now those of us who choose to print out copies of address books are
once again rewarded with this possibility.
BUT..there is always a but, Outlook does not yet completely properly format
the printing for all of the book and booklet possibilities which the software
presents, especially for doing double-sided printing.
I have three books which I print out: a 5-1/2" X 8" (half page) double
sided booklet of my Personal Address Book for my brief case - this is double
columned and works out to 22 sheets of 8-1/2" x 11"paper; a 4" x 5-1/2"
(quarter page) double sided copy of the same book for my shoulder bag - this
is single columned and works out to 34 sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" paper; and
finally a 5-1/2" x 8" (half page) booklet which is my Work Address Book -
this is double-sided, has each letter starting on an odd number recto page,
single column and works out to 72 sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" paper. This book is
single column.
In all three cases and attempts on one computer and two different printers
both with duplex printing available, I could not print duplex manually on one
or automatically on the other. I could only print single sided odd sheets and
then even sheets.
The smallest book, the quarter page book was a snap. Print one side, then go
back and manually print the second side. The middle size book, was not so
simple. I printed the first side and then needed to reverse the printing
order to get page 2 on the back of page 1.
Both of these were on a HP Deskjet 5150.
The third book totally failed on the HP 5150. The first side would never
finish printing. I never got a full set of the odd pages.
The third book was finally printed on a HP Officejet 6000. Here, on the
first attempt with automatic duplex printing I got a complete set printed
both sides' but the pages on the second side were in reverse order of what
was needed. So, on the back of page 1 was page 139 and upside down. One the
other half of the paper, on the back of page 2 was page 140, also, of course,
upside down.
What I had to do for this book was to print without automatic or manual
duplex was to print out first the odd pages and then the even pages. On the
first try, after completing the odd pages, I did a test of the even pages. I
was that they would print out in reverse order of what was necessary. I look
in the Printer Properties and saw that while the odd pages finished with page
1 last, the setting was to print from front to back. So, in the end, for the
even sides, I changed to setting to print back to front. So, then the back of
page 1 got page 2 and both in the same direction.
Because I had similar problems with both printers, I think these are Outlook
problems, not printer problems.
And, by the way, I said that I wanted each letter of the Work Address Book
to start on a recto page so that I could separate letters with tabs.Outlook
has no setting to allow each letter to start on a recto page, ie, something
similar to a page break in MS Word. AI mean, yes, you can get each letter to
start on a NEW page, but it may well be an even page. The work around here is
to put in however many necessary pages like Az until A ends on a verso page.
I mean, this is not such a big deal; but it is a real annoyance every time
one prints an updated book to have to go in and make sure there are just
enough filler contacts to get a new letter to start on a recto page
Second:
I have a contact database of 2800 contacts with search words built into an
otherwise not used field. These search words are commodities and by using
Advanced Search, and searching on that field, I can bring up a list of just
those contacts who sell the commodity I want to purchase. I then want to
print out just that search result. The standard template for that is Name,
Telephone, fax number.
I believe that when I first started to use Outlook 2007 this worked.
Somewhere along the line, probably after some update, this ceased. I would
now see in Print Preview and on the printed page only the headings for the
page. The work-around for this was to copy the search results into a
sub-folder and print the sub-folder. That would work.
When I discovered that the above stated problem with printing contacts had
been fixed, I went ahead and tried this second procedure. This is still
broken. I still run a search and then loom at the results in Print Preview
and see only the headings. Oh, yes, with a nice black border around the empty
page(s).
Well, I think that is quite enough.
Thanks.
not solved.
First:
So, finally, I don't know when, Outlook was repaired such that one could
print out individual contacts as detailed address cards. This was broken for
quite some time.
Anyway, now those of us who choose to print out copies of address books are
once again rewarded with this possibility.
BUT..there is always a but, Outlook does not yet completely properly format
the printing for all of the book and booklet possibilities which the software
presents, especially for doing double-sided printing.
I have three books which I print out: a 5-1/2" X 8" (half page) double
sided booklet of my Personal Address Book for my brief case - this is double
columned and works out to 22 sheets of 8-1/2" x 11"paper; a 4" x 5-1/2"
(quarter page) double sided copy of the same book for my shoulder bag - this
is single columned and works out to 34 sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" paper; and
finally a 5-1/2" x 8" (half page) booklet which is my Work Address Book -
this is double-sided, has each letter starting on an odd number recto page,
single column and works out to 72 sheets of 8-1/2" x 11" paper. This book is
single column.
In all three cases and attempts on one computer and two different printers
both with duplex printing available, I could not print duplex manually on one
or automatically on the other. I could only print single sided odd sheets and
then even sheets.
The smallest book, the quarter page book was a snap. Print one side, then go
back and manually print the second side. The middle size book, was not so
simple. I printed the first side and then needed to reverse the printing
order to get page 2 on the back of page 1.
Both of these were on a HP Deskjet 5150.
The third book totally failed on the HP 5150. The first side would never
finish printing. I never got a full set of the odd pages.
The third book was finally printed on a HP Officejet 6000. Here, on the
first attempt with automatic duplex printing I got a complete set printed
both sides' but the pages on the second side were in reverse order of what
was needed. So, on the back of page 1 was page 139 and upside down. One the
other half of the paper, on the back of page 2 was page 140, also, of course,
upside down.
What I had to do for this book was to print without automatic or manual
duplex was to print out first the odd pages and then the even pages. On the
first try, after completing the odd pages, I did a test of the even pages. I
was that they would print out in reverse order of what was necessary. I look
in the Printer Properties and saw that while the odd pages finished with page
1 last, the setting was to print from front to back. So, in the end, for the
even sides, I changed to setting to print back to front. So, then the back of
page 1 got page 2 and both in the same direction.
Because I had similar problems with both printers, I think these are Outlook
problems, not printer problems.
And, by the way, I said that I wanted each letter of the Work Address Book
to start on a recto page so that I could separate letters with tabs.Outlook
has no setting to allow each letter to start on a recto page, ie, something
similar to a page break in MS Word. AI mean, yes, you can get each letter to
start on a NEW page, but it may well be an even page. The work around here is
to put in however many necessary pages like Az until A ends on a verso page.
I mean, this is not such a big deal; but it is a real annoyance every time
one prints an updated book to have to go in and make sure there are just
enough filler contacts to get a new letter to start on a recto page
Second:
I have a contact database of 2800 contacts with search words built into an
otherwise not used field. These search words are commodities and by using
Advanced Search, and searching on that field, I can bring up a list of just
those contacts who sell the commodity I want to purchase. I then want to
print out just that search result. The standard template for that is Name,
Telephone, fax number.
I believe that when I first started to use Outlook 2007 this worked.
Somewhere along the line, probably after some update, this ceased. I would
now see in Print Preview and on the printed page only the headings for the
page. The work-around for this was to copy the search results into a
sub-folder and print the sub-folder. That would work.
When I discovered that the above stated problem with printing contacts had
been fixed, I went ahead and tried this second procedure. This is still
broken. I still run a search and then loom at the results in Print Preview
and see only the headings. Oh, yes, with a nice black border around the empty
page(s).
Well, I think that is quite enough.
Thanks.