Print two records per page 1

[bjzielinski]

I am trying to print 1099's for filing to the IRS. There are two forms per 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper, so I set up my report to be 5.5 tall. However, I cannot override my margins to be top and bottom at 0, they default to 0.166. This prevents two records from being printed on one sheet. When I make the detail section smaller (my actual detail doesn't come anywhere near any edge of the paper), I cannot get the bottom record to line up in the boxes, it is about 1/4" too high. I have increased the detail section as far as it will go and still print two records. I have a feeling it's the margins, so I either need help getting them to 0's, or figuring out how to print a 5.5" form twice on one sheet of paper. Thanks.

Bill Zielinski
County of Midland, Michigan

 

[Pampers]

In your Page Setup make a custom page that is a little bit larger then the real page.

Pampers
You never too young to learn

 

[bjzielinski]

I don't have a custom page option. Must be my printer driver, I have a HP 4200. Selecting other printers gives me more options, but the office that will be printing this report also has a 4000 series HP. Will changing the paper size cause prompting on the printer?

Bill Zielinski
County of Midland, Michigan

 

[Pampers]

Hi bjzielinski,
Hmmm. How about changing the papersize for your report to legal? And then set the margins so they will fit for your letter-format. It is just an idea, maybe it works

Pampers
You never too young to learn

 

[bjzielinski]

Sorry, I haven't had any time to check this out. I have done what you said and it works great. It does prompt the printer to load legal size, but I just press Go and it prints on plain paper. This only needs to be done once a year so it's no big deal. They have to special load the 1099 forms anyhow. Thank you very much!

Bill Zielinski
County of Midland, Michigan