duplex printing

[grampa4u2]

Hi,

I am trying to print out a document given to me by a customer. I am tring to print the font pages with the corresponding back pages (duplex mode) but I keep getting results where the front backs up itself and the back backs up itself...That not what I want ..Can any fileMaker gurus help? I need help desperately.

Thanks in advance

[Vaughan]

Look for a printer driver that does this natively. otherwise you've got to print all odd page, then rearrange the paper in the printer, and do the even pages.

Does the printer have a duplex unit?

I frequently print single-sided from a normal printer, then use a fancy photocopier to do the double-sided copy, collate then staple the document.

[The Bridge]

It is possible that the layout you're trying to print was designed for a specific printer which is different than the one you're printing to now. For example, the margins may be set up for a different printing area, etc.

If this is the case, duplicate the layout and redesign for your current printer. I tend to set up all print layouts with 0" margins all-round and incorporate my own margins within the layout itself, i.e. leaving space around the edges.

You will also have to replace the Page Setup with your own before printing, if printing via Script. Be sure to duplicate the existing script first as a back-up.

Question: when you say, "the front backs up itself", are you saying that the entire page prints twice, once on the front and once on the back, or does it wrap so that the beginning of the page is on the front and the rest is on the back? This may provide a clue (or confuse the issue, as the case may be).