[libreoffice-users] Re: Print, trays & settings

Le 08/12/2011 06:49, Ralf Saalmüller a écrit :


Hi Ralf,


> Macro isn't nice to handle in LO. I don't want to mess to configure a java
> object. It's very frustrating that the switch to LO is at stake on such a
> little bit of usability. There need to be a solution. Please help me out!

I feel your pain. This is a longstanding unmet business need.

A loooonngg, looonngg time ago, with OpenOffice.org 1.x, this actually 
worked fairly well. Then OOo 2.x came along, and ever since, including 
with OOo3 and LibO, printing to separate trays automatically has been a 
right royal PITA to set up, or it either simply didn't work.

However, just to pick up on your comments :
- if you have developed a macro for Word to be able to do this, why not 
do the same for LibreOffice ?

One alternative solution I have seen is to set up different printer 
queues for each scenario, and then configure each queue via the printer 
driver to print out only from the tray that you want. In your case, you 
would only need 2 queues :

- the first for printing out page 1 in a first tray, and all subsequent 
pages in a second tray
- the second for printing all pages to a third tray

Then write a macro to poll the available queues, select the one of your 
choice for a first printout sequence, then the second one for the second 
printout sequence, and assign that macro to a button that you either 
include in your document template or to a toolbar.

Having said that, I have not actually tested the feasibility/difficulty 
of this solution.


Alex


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