Trouble: Two-page mail merge printing

[Guest]

I've got a two page letter, 100 copies via mail merge. In the page setup,
I'm asking it to print page 1 from manual feed, page 2 from bottom tray
(letterhead, plain second page).

I cannot for the life of me get it to cooperate. Wants to keep taking
everything from the manual feed. I only have these two options on my printer
- manual and a bottom tray.

Any workaround on this, or is it a printer issue?

Thanks!

 

[Cynthia]

I had a 2 page document I used to print where I used to work (word
processing at Group Health Cooperative) and this is before we got the duplex
printer. So we had letteread in the top tray and plain paper in the bottom
tray. I am going to really tax my brain on this one <G>

As I recall it, we had a section break between the 1st and 2nd page. in the
first page setup (printing) it was directed to the top tray. The 2nd page
was directed to the bottom tray. I know it was a little more involved than
that, and I will see if I can remember more later. I really have to think
about it. It's been awhile since I did this stuff. And to think - I used
to create (from scratch) mail merge letters for the different depts for whom
we did letters (and believe me, there were literally hundreds of templates,
including signature blocks). GAWD! Talk about a senior moment! <sigh>
Cynthia

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you have specified the paper trays for the mail merge main document, then
your completed merge should use the correct trays for each section (letter).
If you try to set paper trays for the completed merge, you would have to set
the trays for each section separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Yes, that's how you do it. Use a Next Page section break at the bottom of
the first page. Then place the cursor in first section, go to Page Setup,
and select the tray to be used for that section. Close the box, put the
cursor in the second section (second page) and repeat, using the other tray
in the settings.

 

[Guest]

Ohhhh, now I get it. I was at the top of my letter, telling it where to
print from on the first page only.

Very cool. Off to give it a go!

Thanks everyone!

 

[Guest]

Hm, still not working for me...

I have the two page original letter. Divided by a "next page" to page 2.
I've tried this on my two network printers.... still coming from one tray
only.

Weird. But I'll keep tweaking it.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If the "next page" is a section break, then you'll need to set the paper
tray for the second section separately. If it's just a page break, this
shouldn't cause problems.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Discovered my error. I wasn't treating each "section" of the two-page letter
as each an individual page, as page 1, when assigning the trays. I kept
treating it as page 1 and page 2. If this makes sense. Once I went to each
individual section, and set which tray I wanted the first page of THAT
section to pull from, voila!

Thanks again everyone.