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Double sided print (same page on reverse)

  1. #1
    dziw
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    Double sided print (same page wanted on reverse)

    I have an Excel workbook which has two sheets. The first sheet is several pages long when printed and the second sheet is always one page long. I want to print the second sheet on the reverse side of every printed page.

    For example:

    Printed sheet 1 front = Excel sheet 1, page 1
    Printed sheet 1 reverse = Excel sheet 2

    Printed sheet 2 front = Excel sheet 1, page 2
    Printed sheet 2 reverse = Excel sheet 2

    Printed sheet 3 front = Excel sheet 1, page 3
    Printed sheet 3 reverse = Excel sheet 2

    .....etc etc

    The printer I use is capable of duplex printing but I cannot figure out how to print Excel sheet 2 on the reverse of every page. Does this need a macro?

    Same question also posted here:

    http://www.ozgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?p=277256
    Last edited by dziw; 07-20-2006 at 04:56 AM.

  2. #2
    Gord Dibben
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    Re: Double sided print (same page on reverse)

    Might be just as easy to print single-sided sheet1 pages first.

    Then flip over and print x number of copies of sheet2.


    Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

    On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 09:02:14 -0400, dziw
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >
    >I have an Excel workbook which has two sheets. The first sheet is
    >several pages long when printed and the second sheet is always one page
    >long. I want to print the second sheet on the reverse side of every
    >printed page.
    >
    >For example:
    >
    >Printed sheet 1 front = Excel sheet 1, page 1
    >Printed sheet 1 reverse = Excel sheet 2
    >
    >Printed sheet 2 front = Excel sheet 1, page 2
    >Printed sheet 2 reverse = Excel sheet 2
    >
    >Printed sheet 3 front = Excel sheet 1, page 3
    >Printed sheet 3 reverse = Excel sheet 2
    >
    >....etc etc
    >
    >The printer I use is capable of duplex printing but I cannot figure out
    >how to print Excel sheet 2 on the reverse of every page. Does this need
    >a macro?



  3. #3
    dziw
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    Thank you for your reply Gord. At the moment I do what you suggested and flip the sheets but this can be time consuming, plus the printer sometimes jams when loaded with pre-printed paper. I have in the past batch printed sheet2 but then had to make a change which resulted in waste.

    Ideally I would like a script that would print the pages from sheet1 on one side and print sheet2 on the reverse as per my example above. Unfortunately I'm not a programmer and wouldn't know where to start!

    I'm sure it must be possible to do this Does anyone have any code, if so it would be very much appreciated
    Last edited by dziw; 07-19-2006 at 05:02 PM.

  4. #4
    dziw
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    What I have so far is...
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    But this results in individual sheets being sent to the printer so it will not print on both sides of the page even though it is set to duplex.

    Also I have to manually edit the code if there are more or less pages on sheet1. It would be handy if the code could check the number of pages itself.
    Last edited by dziw; 07-24-2006 at 05:12 AM.

  5. #5
    dziw
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    Another possible solution may be to output the pages as .ps files, convert them to PDF and merge them using Ghostscript?

    But again I don't know how to get a the script to recoginise the number of pages on sheet1 and output them appropriately. What I have so far is...
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    But this won't work if there is more or less that 6 pages on sheet1
    Last edited by dziw; 07-24-2006 at 05:12 AM.

  6. #6
    Gord Dibben
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    Re: Double sided print (same page on reverse)

    My printer is not capable of duplex printing so I cannot experiment.

    My duplexing consists of manually flipping paper.

    Hang n there. Possibly someone can come up with a solution.


    Gord

    On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:56:55 -0400, dziw
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >
    >Thank you for your reply Gord. At the moment I do what you suggested and
    >flip the sheets but this can be time consuming, plus the printer
    >sometimes jams when loaded with pre-printed paper. I have in the past
    >batch printed sheet2 but then had to make a change which resulted in
    >waste.
    >
    >Ideally I would like a script that would print the pages from sheet1 on
    >one side and print sheet2 on the reverse as per my example below.
    >Unfortunately I'm not a programmer and wouldn't know where to start!
    >
    >I'm sure it must be possible to do this Does anyone have
    >any code, if so it would be very much appreciated


    Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

  7. #7
    dziw
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    OK, thanks Gord.

    In my experience if no one replies within the first day of a forum post then you don't normally get a reply but I will check back now and then and see if anyone has a solution to this.

    Maybe there isn't a solution to this?

  8. #8
    dziw
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    Found the code below elsewhere on forum and was wondering if this could be modified to do what I require?

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