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asitron - 17 Sep 2007 18:52 GMT

When I'm printing to an envelope, it always prints upside-down. Other PCs
I've tried work fine with this printer. Any ideas?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 17 Sep 2007 19:02 GMT

Have you tried rotating the envelope (inserting it 180 degrees rotated from
the way you're doing it now)?

You might also check in Tools | Letters and Mailings | Envelopes and Labels

| Envelope Options | Printing Options to see how Word thinks you're

inserting the envelope. It might be a simple matter of changing this.

Interestingly, the feed position shown for labels in my version of Word 2003
is not what I actually use (or that my printer requires), but then I don't
print envelopes from the Envelopes dialog, either.

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> When I'm printing to an envelope, it always prints upside-down. Other PCs
> I've tried work fine with this printer. Any ideas?

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asitron - 17 Sep 2007 19:24 GMT

Well, it seems that would be a good solution, but I'm wondering why it
changed...

> Have you tried rotating the envelope (inserting it 180 degrees rotated from
> the way you're doing it now)?
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> > When I'm printing to an envelope, it always prints upside-down. Other PCs
> > I've tried work fine with this printer. Any ideas?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 17 Sep 2007 20:17 GMT

Sometimes Word makes changes behind your back just to keep you on your toes.
At least that's what it's easy to think. In reality, often a Word add-in
will change settings irrelevant to its actual purpose.

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> Well, it seems that would be a good solution, but I'm wondering why it
> changed...
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> > > When I'm printing to an envelope, it always prints upside-down. Other PCs
> > > I've tried work fine with this printer. Any ideas?

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Jay Freedman - 17 Sep 2007 21:16 GMT

It's true that Word sometimes seems to be infested with gremlins, especially
in the envelope orientation area. Sometimes you just have to force it it
obey, which is the subject of Graham Mayor's page at
http://www.gmayor.com/epson_envelope_orientation.htm (but the mayhem isn't
particularly limited to Epson printers).

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> Sometimes Word makes changes behind your back just to keep you on
> your toes. At least that's what it's easy to think. In reality, often
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>>>> When I'm printing to an envelope, it always prints upside-down.
>>>> Other PCs I've tried work fine with this printer. Any ideas?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 17 Sep 2007 23:00 GMT

That link was going to be my next reference. <g>

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> It's true that Word sometimes seems to be infested with gremlins, especially
> in the envelope orientation area. Sometimes you just have to force it it
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> >>>> When I'm printing to an envelope, it always prints upside-down.
> >>>> Other PCs I've tried work fine with this printer. Any ideas?

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chief dell - 18 May 2008 17:34 GMT

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rb da brolik

i need help when i print i comes out upside down on a regular page if i turn
the page over i can read it correctly but it is just printed on the wrong side

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