[access-uk] Re: Help with printing envelopes
- From: catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:13:50 +0100
Hi all,
Thanks for all your suggestions. I've decided the easiest way is
Shirley's way - I'm not bothering with trying to make Word understand
what size envelope it is as I can't get this to work; it seems to be
ok just going down a few lines and printing as normal...
Catherine
On 7/9/08, Terry Clasper <terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Brendan those were the days when I used to do my own printing and sending I
> uased the same method.
> I however also once did the out of ink trick!
> Ah those were the days.
>
> Terry Cllasper.
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> skype: terryclasper
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brendan Magill" <brendan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:05 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Help with printing envelopes
>
>
>> Hi Catherine and everyone,
>>
>> I have to confess that I never print envelopes!
>>
>> What I do is to always use window envelopes and almost always these are C6
>>
>> size. Because the window is in a standard place on various sizes of
>> envelopes, it's always possible to get the address on a sheet of paper
>> inside the envelope to appear in the window. For the ones I buy from
>> Viking Direct, the recipient's address needs to be two inches down from
>> the top of the page and one inch in from the left margin; then it will
>> always show in the window, whether the page is folded in three, in two or
>> just flat, depending on the size of envelope. This also has the very
>> great advantage that it is not possible to put the wrong document in the
>> wrong envelope.
>>
>> I've been using this way of doing things for more than fifteen years and
>> it's never let me down yet. I use it for Word and WordPerfect documents,
>> as well as for invoices and other documents printed direct from my old DOS
>>
>> database.
>>
>> You do, of course, have to fold the paper the right way when it comes out
>> of your printer, but that's an automatic process once you've done a few.
>> The only word of warning I would add is that if you are printing a large
>> number of letters to go in several envelopes and your printer doesn't tell
>>
>> you that it has run out of ink, you can end up with blank pages. I know
>> someone who did this once and almost sent out a mailshot of blank pages -
>> though it was an old printer.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Brendan.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> BRENDAN MAGILL
>> Business, Employment &
>> Disability Consultancy
>>
>> 14 Barry Street
>> Worcester
>> WR1 1NR
>> England
>>
>> Phone: +44 (0)1905 28286
>> Fax: +44 (0)870 127 7856
>>
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