Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 27233
Envelopes on HP Laserjet 6p will not print
Last modified: 2004-05-18 11:51:15 UTC
On version 1.1.0 running on win2k. I create a letter and then insert an envelope as described in the documentation. On the envelope dialog itself I select the vertical feed option with the envelope on the far left (fourth icon along) since this is what the laserjet requires. The envelopes have to be placed vertically and physically butted against the left side of the manual feedtray with the printer oriented with the feedtray towards you. Results. When printing on an actual envelope, the envelope is produced blank. When printing on a full sized piece of paper, the paper shows that the printing is actually appearing below the envelope at the bottom of the page. The text is oriented correctly (e.g. landscape) but there also appears to be some kind of margin issue as the return address does not appear and the address itself is losing the first few characters of each line. If the envelope is exported to PDF, all the text appears and the text is oriented correctly. However it is still shifted down the page so that it would still appear below the physical position of the envelope. Comments: I've looked at the forums and tried a number of alternative combinations to get this aspect to work but I finally admit defeat. I should probably add that I've found that the writer component operates perfectly in all other respects that I've used it for. As a result, this is the only issue that is preventing my company from completely abandoning MS Office. We do produce a lot of letters unfortunately. I have files and PDFs available for interested parties - but I can't see anywhere to attach them on this page.
re-assigned to HI.
There is a sloppy workaround if the printing can be saved as a Writer file and that is to move it to the proper location (it is a "box") and then print the entire page with the envelope inserted. See if you can do this. It is a temporary fix. NOTE: This envelope positioning problem has been around for a couple of years. It has never worked for me until I found a printer that expected it to be where OOo automatically puts it.
Oh yes, please fix this! I managed to get it to work once last year by screwing around with the "Shift Down"/"Shift Right" settings but I lost my notes and I'm wasting numerous paper trying to figure out how the heck to get OO to print properly. I am unable to address business-related mail via OO. NOTE that I am using the Laserjet 5P/5MP driver with my HP 6P, under RH Linux 9, OO 1.1.0. This appears to be a cross-platform issue. It's also not clear how to edit the envelope-feed setup on an existing envelope. I have to keep undoing the envelope and re-inserting a new one. But I suppose I should file another RFE for that, eh (if there isn't one already)?
FYI for all those suffering from this issue (including me; once I forget again I will look here): An easier workaround for this issue is this: 1) When inserting the envelope, go to the Printer tab. 2) Select the right-most alignment button -- YES, right-most. Click it. Don't trust it to be clicked just because it appears to be pre-selected. 3) For US #10 envelopes*, set the "_Shift right" value to 1.50" 4) Insert the envelope exactly as shown on the left side of the HP 6P manual-feed tray (and slide the "fence" over to guide it properly). 5) Print. Please comment if this does NOT work for you! *note that this "Shift right" value is the difference between the length of Standard US "Letter" paper (11 inches) and Standard "10" (9.5 inches) envelopes. For European A4, etc. you would probably make a similar calculation.
we are aware of various deficiencies concerning "printing envelopes" in the current implementation of OpenOffice.org. Things are being worked on in issue 20057. A complete and overall bugfix will be incorporated into OpenOffice.org 2.0. schedule plan for version 2.0 is available here: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/OpenOffice_org_trunk.html
The improvment of printing envelopes is in progress. *** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 2081 ***
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