print only odd pages

[bbaliner]

Hi folks,

I appologise for this simple question, but can't for the life of me remember how to do this. I need to print only odd pages from FileMaker 5.0 on MAC OS 9.2.

Printer => HP LaserJet 1200n series. But this is not driver dependant, rather app dependant. I can do this from MS word, but no from file maker. Off course there's an option to manually specify this in pages window, but I'm not really eager to do this for 200+ pages

Thanks!

[Vaughan]

There is no in-built way to do this in FMP. Some printer drivers offer it as a feature.

The challenge with scripting in FMp it is that there is no way to change the page range numbers in the printer dialog box.

It may be possible with AppleScript however.

[harryk]

When it is certain that the result per record is only one page at the time, you could make a script that omits the even records..but when you have page-numbers on your pages you've got to invent something that the pagenumbering, a calc on your page, is skipping the left-out pagenumbers.

Harryk

[bbaliner]

I hear you. I think what I'll do is create a layout that has only even pages of the letters on them. Then I'll create a script that goes to that layout and prints it.

Tough training makes for easy battles...