Multi-part Form Printing

[Rodgers Hemer]

On May 7, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Walter Vaughan wrote:

> Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
>> On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 12:10:31PM -0700, Rodgers Hemer wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks to Nancy and Richard for their suggestions. However, Jim  
>>> Asman's solution (see below) is the only one that satisfies my  
>>> requirements. Just printing more than one copy, by whatever  
>>> means, will not properly print the job on 2-part carbon paper.  
>>> Each page must be printed twice before the next page is printed  
>>> which is what the PCL code below does.
>> To clarify for those who didn't intuit what you're doing: you're  
>> laser printing on interleaved 2-part NCR paper which you then  
>> paint with that crazy glue that only glues the pages of a set  
>> together, and not the sets themselves, right?
>
> It took me forever to figure out what was the magic about  
> carbonless paper. It's nothing more than alternating colored sheets  
> of paper one after the other.
>
> So that's why PRINT; PRINT would not work for a two page report.  
> You have to print page 1 twice and then page 2 twice.
>
> No magic and certainly it's not like impact style carbonless paper.  
> Nothing more than white & yellow alternating paper in a 8-1/2" by  
> 11" ream.

Walter:

Not quite if you really need  "carbon" paper which we need to capture  
markups and signatures on both copies.  That paper has one side  
coated and comes in sets (and is relatively expensive).  And Jim  
Asman properly voiced a caution about the paper getting out of  
sequence due to the printer mishandling the paper.  It will be a  
constant operational issue.

Rodgers Hemer
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