Re: [libreoffice-users] Collate print option not working - Solution

Greetings,
I know this is an old thread (11-12-12), but I think I found the 
solution to this problem.  When looking at the print dialog tabs in LO 
3.6.4.3 recently, I discovered an option that works.  It is in the 
"Options" tab.  Check "Create single print jobs for collated output."  
When checked, the print output does collate copies as expected 
[1,2,3,blank,1,2,3,blank] in duplex - at least it worked for me on the 
same file I first talked about back in November.
Girvin Herr



webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote:
> The Duplexing is the KEY for me to say - - it may be a combination of 
> the printer and LO settings.
>
> I cannot get LO to duplex properly with my Epson Artisan 810 printer, 
> but it works with my HP Laserjet 2300.  There is something going on 
> with LO that is not picking up the duplexing command correctly for the 
> Epson printer.
>
> I am wondering if it is the same for the collating.
>
> I run 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 with MATE desktop environment [with some KDE 
> mixed into it] and currently 3.5.7.
>
> What version of Linux are you using?  Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, 
> Opensuse, etc., etc.?
>
> Since you run Linux, can you try creating a PDF file for your document 
> and then use the "default viewer" package for PDF to open it.  Then go 
> to your printer's options and try to print 2 or 3 copies of the 
> document with the collate option.
>
> ALSO, sometimes I have problems with odd number of pages with 
> duplexing.  I have had the last single sided page have the last page 
> of the original document on one side and the first page of the new 
> document on the second side.
>
> What printer are your using?  Which driver set? 
> Original-manufacture-style, CUPS-style or GhostScript-style? Manually 
> installed or did the Linux version find the printer driver and 
> installed it automatically?
>
> As I said, I have no problems with straight duplexing of a single copy 
> of a document on my HP LJ 2300, but I have some problems when I make 
> several copies of a document with an odd number of pages. To print a 
> duplex document on my Epson Artisan printer, I create a PDF version 
> and use the default viewer for the PDF files that comes with Ubuntu, 
> and it works fine.
>
> So, it could be the printer, the driver, or LO ability to access the 
> proper print options for the printer itself, or a combination there of.
>
> Try the Export to PDF for one copy of the document and then try and 
> print the duplex and collated document that way.  If it works, then it 
> is a LO printer option issue.  If it does not work properly, then it 
> is a printer/driver issue.  My Epson has a problem with LO and my HP 
> has a driver issue, the last time I tried it - which was a few months 
> back when I was still running Ubuntu 10.04.
>
>
> On 11/12/2012 07:02 PM, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
> > Tom,
> > Actually, no, this is not the first time I have seen this behavior.  
> > I rarely print multiple copies, but I have seen this happen before, 
> > within about 6 months.  That previous time, I was using LO 3.5.3.
> >
> > Okay, this is really strange.  I just tried it again and got 
> > 1,2,1,2,3,3!  I might add that I am printing duplex, which may 
> > complicate the LO algorithm.  I tried another 3-page document and it 
> > behaved the same way.  I then expanded it to 4 pages and got 
> > 1,2,1,2,3,4,3,4.  Where 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 are on the same sheets, just 
> > opposite sides.  Weird.  I just tried doing the same thing with a 
> > Calc spreadsheet and got the same results.  So the problem is with 
> > LO, not just Writer.
> > Girvin
> >
> >
> >
> > Tom Davies wrote:
> > > Hi :)
> > > I think i had a similar problem last week on Windows.  The next time 
> > > i tried pritning it did collate but i have no idea why it didn't 
> > > work or why it magically startedd workign again.  I thought it was 
> > > just me stuffing-up that one time.
> > > So, it's interesting to hear it might be an intermittent problem.  I 
> > > take it that this is the first time that collating has not worked?  
> > > Did work previously?
> > > Regards from
> > > Tom :)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Girvin R. Herr <girvin.herr@sbcglobal.net>
> > > > To: LibreOffice Users <users@global.libreoffice.org> Sent: Monday, 
> > > > 12 November 2012, 22:19
> > > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Collate print option not working
> > > >
> > > > Greetings,
> > > > Has anyone else noticed that the "Collate" option in the print 
> > > > dialog is not working?!
> > > > I wanted to print 2 copies of a 3-page document and I selected 
> > > > "Collate".  However, the pages came out 1,1,2,2,3,3 not the 
> > > > 1,2,3,1,2,3 that I expected.  So, I unselected "Collate" and it 
> > > > still came out 1,1,2,2,3,3!
> > > > Is there some other setting controlling this or is it a bug I 
> > > > should look into?
> > > > Running LO 3.5.7.2 under KDE 3 and Linux.
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > Girvin Herr
> > > >
> > > >
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