Booklet - 8 1/2 X 11, two staples in center

[J.@discussions.microsoft.com Deb J.]

We are using a Ricoh Aficio MP C6000 printer/copier. I am trying to print
multi-page booklet on 8 1/2 X 11 paper, folded in the center with two staples
in the center using a Catalog template. When you open up the publication, it
is like opening a book with information on the left side and more information
on the right side and you keep turning pages.

No matter what we do with the set up, we cannot get the publication to print
correctly. If I select Booklet, we get 4 pages on a side. If I select
Duplex, it shrinks it down. If I leave everything as is, it won't duplex.

When we do a print preview in Publisher the pages line up correctly; page 12
is with page 1, page 2 is with page 11, page 3 is with page 10 etc.

I need to figure out a way to have this print catalog style in our printer.
Can you help.

[Harvey]

I too print booklets, have been for many years. What I found was to have the
paper for the entire document set to Landscape with two vertical columns.
The left column is page 1, the right column is page 2.
Create the entire document and print it out "normal" first to make sure that
it prints correctly; two pages at a time. Once verified, set the printer to
print in booklet form. Some printers will print the first page and ask for
it again to print the second side while others will print the first half and
then have you reinstall the paper first page out to first page in.

I usually print to a pdf file so that I can verify the report then using the
pdf file, I print to paper.

I hope this helps.

[Mary Sauer]

Publisher 2007?
Have you tried the Advanced Page setup and selected booklet? You might try
setting up your publication as a booklet, copy/paste the objects you need from
the template. Or put the the objects in the Content Library, they will be
available in every publication. Make a note of the color scheme in the original
template.
Have you installed the Service Pack? Some of the printer problems were fixed.
There are new drivers for your printer with an April 2009 timestamp.
http://www.ricoh-usa.com/downloads/downloads.asp?tsn=Ricoh-USA&path=http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/rc2/model/mpc60/mpc60en.htm

You could save as a PDF and then print. Microsoft has a Save as a PDF add-in for
Office 2007.
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en

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Mary Sauer
http://msauer.mvps.org/

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[Ed Bennett]

Deb J. wrote:
> No matter what we do with the set up, we cannot get the publication to print
> correctly. If I select Booklet, we get 4 pages on a side. If I select
> Duplex, it shrinks it down. If I leave everything as is, it won't duplex.

It sounds like your printer driver settings are fighting with
Publisher's settings.

Publisher's "Booklet" setup sends two pages per side of paper to the
printer. Thus if you then also tell your printer to booklet it, then it
will put two of those pages onto a side - i.e. 4-up, as you have seen.

I'm not sure why duplex is shrinking it down.

Perhaps the easiest way forward is to reset the page setup to Full Page,
8.5×5.5, and then set the printer to expect an 8.5×5.5 page, and booklet
it to 8.5×11. i.e. Publisher just sends each page in sequence, the
printer handles the imposition and duplexing, since it seems to be
refusing to duplex Publisher's imposed pages.

--
Ed Bennett - MVP Microsoft Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org