I need for multi-page form letters cover-sheets from other feed trays and want to cling the single documents with our Printingstation. The function of the separation for form letters not working.
Can you please clarify current and expected results? Is this a duplicate of Bug 86672?
Created attachment 115755 [details] printing bug - this function not work
No, Bug 86672 is not my problem. We have in our office a printstation with lot of functions. I can select to need a cover-sheet from another tray as the follow sheets, print one side or both sides, sort dokuments on different output-trays and staple the documents. On printing multi-page form letter (with datafields and a lot of records) and need special cover-sheets from another sheet-tray as the follow sheets und automatic staple the documents doesn't work. The printer make ONE document with ONE cover-sheet and want to cling together all in ONE piece. To prevent this, there is the print function (german language) "Einzelne Druckausgaben für sortierte Ausgabe erzeugen" (Attachment). I think, it doesn't work.
That's "Create single print jobs for collated output". If we take let's say 2-page document with 5 records and 2 copies for PDF printer: - if "single print jobs" is off, we get one 20 pages document - if it's on, we get 2 files 10 pages each. So, I'm still not clear what is it that doesn't work and what are the exact current and expected results. You should be very detailed for specific bugs like this, that are not widely used, and not assume that something is obvious.
Excuse me, this is due to my low English konwledge.:-) It's a problem of mail merge function. There is allways only one instance per record. By a 2-page document with 5 records, the printer needs 5 printing-files if "Create single print ..." is on. One per record. It works correct by an output in files (not to a printer), select first dialog after strg+p with a mail merge document (if is selceted file/single documents). Is that understandable?
Is it like this? Current results: If we take 2-page form document with 5 records and print a form letter in 2 copies, we get one 20 pages document with "Create single print jobs for collated output" off (1 cover page printed) or 2 printouts with 10 pages each with that option on (2 cover pages printed). Printing a form letters separately works correctly with file output, and merged document can be saved as single or individual documents. Expected result: We want to print to a printer and get separate 2-page printouts for 5 records, each in 2 copies (10 cover pages printed in this case). "Save Merged Document" should be "Merged Document Output" and (except file name section) available both for Printer and File Output. As requested in Bug 86672, we should also choose a number of copies.
Yes, that is it. :-)
In most cases, the records are postal addresses. Each letter possibly contains a its own cover-sheet and comes into its own envelope ... We urgently need this output option.
I'll confirm the request. But, I wouldn't count to have it solved any time soon.
Current possibilities: If we take 2-page form document with 5 records and print a form letter in 2 copies, we get one 20 pages document with "Create single print jobs for collated output" off (1 cover page printed) or 2 printouts with 10 pages each with that option on (2 cover pages printed). Printing form letters separately works correctly only with file output, and merged document can be saved as single or individual documents. Expected possibility: We also want an option to print a form letter to a printer as separate records printouts. Example: 2-page printouts for 5 postal addresses, each in 2 copies (10 cover pages printed in this case). Proposed solution: "Save Merged Document" should be renamed to "Merged Document Output" and (except file name section) available both for Printer and File Output. As requested in Bug 86672, we should also be able choose a number of copies for printing.
Example in attachment 115796 [details] mailmerge Print dialog example: added Pages and Ranges and Output
Is bug 91720 a duplicate? If yes, a fix for that just went into master.
No, it isn't a duplicate of the bug 91720.
This isn’t a UX issue.
Title changed from "MAILMERGE: single print jobs for collated output doesn't work (Details in Comment 10)" to "MAILMERGE: form letter to a printer as separate records printouts (Details in Comment 10)".
As at ver 7.1.7 Writer can only print a single paper size/type definition. Orientation can be changed on a per page basis (although it is not easy to do) but not the size. Therefore an envelope and a document cannot be printed in the same print job. I suspect that this is a print stream limitation rather than a limitation imposed by Writer but I don't know. The solution I use is to create 2 master documents. One document is the envelope and one document is the form letter. The data source etc is the same for each document. Selecting address fields to be inserted in the envelope document and selecting salutations, personalisations and possibly address fields too for the form letter. Database fields can be inserted more than once in a document. Each master document can be sent to a different printer or to the same printer with different trays etc selected.
I don't see that Comment 16 is sufficient to mark as NotABug, it doesn't deal with records.
(In reply to Timur from comment #15) > Title changed from "MAILMERGE: single print jobs for collated output doesn't > work (Details in Comment 10)" to "MAILMERGE: form letter to a printer as > separate records printouts (Details in Comment 10)". Isn't this what a database report (from the report builder) is designed to do ?