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MS Office Forum / Word / Mailmerge and Fax / March 2004Mailing labels on continuous paper
I need to print about 5000 addresses on my dot matrix printer, using a continuous fan-fold box of labels I can't seem to get Word to recognise it as continuous paper. It keeps doing a form feed after about 12 inches I have made the top and bottom margin, header and footer = 0 cm I even tried to create a custom paper exactly the size of 1 label - 8.9cm x 3.9cm. Yet it will form feed my paper I am sure there's a simple step somewhere that I'm missing out Can anyone help Thank Vicky Is the dot matrix check box set in the label options dialog? Is the printer dipswitch set to skip over perforations?  Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > I need to print about 5000 addresses on my dot matrix printer, using > a continuous fan-fold box of labels. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Thanks > Vicky Hi Graham I gave up on the dot-matrix and went for the costlier A4 labels on my laser printer. My dept urgently needed the mailing labels to inform clients of a product launch But I'm just curious how I could make it work in future. Yes, I have checked the Dot-matrix box in the labels option I did not set any dipswitch. This NEC printer is able to print continous labels from my old database but not from Word Mailing labels Would appreciate if you have any ideas. If not, it's ok Thank Vicky It *may* be a limitation of the printer driver. Word is tied very closely to the printer driver. See if there is an update. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > Hi Graham, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Thanks > Vicky A possibility - if you look at Word File|Page Setup do you see any options that let you specify continuous paper feed (e.g. as a paper source) ? SignaturePeter Jamieson - Word MVP Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org/ > Hi Graham, > > I gave up on the dot-matrix and went for the costlier A4 labels on my laser printer. My dept urgently needed the mailing labels to inform clients of a product launch. > But I'm just curious how I could make it work in future. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Thanks > Vicky I'm having the same problem. What I found is that the 12 inch label form (1-up, 12 labels per page) is not a template with either of the dot matrix printers I have. The Avery 4013 is the right size label, and it says 1 X 12, but the page size says 4.25" fanfold. I can merge the labels, they look fine in Print Preview, but when I print, it skips 2 inches after every 12 labels (1 sheet). The Skip Over on the printer is off (someone else said to look at that). Has anyone else contacted you on how to fix this? It worked fine under Windows 98, but when we converted to XP, we can't get it to work. I'm using Word 2002(10.4524.4219)SP-2 Thanks for any info you can offer. Gerry >-----Original Message----- >I need to print about 5000 addresses on my dot matrix printer, using a continuous fan-fold box of labels. >I can't seem to get Word to recognise it as continuous paper. It keeps doing a form feed after about 12 inches. >I have made the top and bottom margin, header and footer = 0 cm. >I even tried to create a custom paper exactly the size of 1 label - 8.9cm x 3.9cm. Yet it will form feed my paper! >I am sure there's a simple step somewhere that I'm missing out. >Can anyone help? >Thanks >Vicky >. Vicky, I got labels to work on our Epson DFX-8000. I created the label template with an Avery 4013 product number which is 1-up by 12 down. Under File > Page Setup on the Paper tab I selected Paper size of Fanfold 8.5 x 12 in. For some reason by selecting this paper size instead of leaving it at Custom size 4.25 x 12 in. it worked without skipping 2 inches at the end of each 12 labels. One of our technical support people printed the labels to a file and said that when I had Custom size 4.25 x 12 in. selected the page size was changed to 14 in. The same thing happened on an OkiData printer that we have. When I had the Fanfold 8.5 x 12 in. selected though it worked. I don't know what make your printer is, but try changing the paper size & see if it works for you. I think Graham was right when he said it was the driver. I sure would like to know of a good dot matrix printer that has an XP driver that works with one-up labels. If you hear of one, please reply back to me. Gerry >-----Original Message----- >I need to print about 5000 addresses on my dot matrix printer, using a continuous fan-fold box of labels. >I can't seem to get Word to recognise it as continuous paper. It keeps doing a form feed after about 12 inches. >I have made the top and bottom margin, header and footer = 0 cm. >I even tried to create a custom paper exactly the size of 1 label - 8.9cm x 3.9cm. Yet it will form feed my paper! >I am sure there's a simple step somewhere that I'm missing out. >Can anyone help? >Thanks >Vicky >. |
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