Posted by jlynn on 1/20/05 2:57pm
Msg #17503

printing letter size

I was wondering if anyone else has a problem with printing letter size ?? It's so much slower for me when I print out letter size. I dont understand why?? Does it just take time to compress it all onto the letter size. Printing the same docs by legal is much quicker.

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 1/20/05 3:06pm
Msg #17504

If the documents are sized for legal paper and you are "resizing" them for letter size, then it may take some time to resize the page. Depending on your PC, the application, the printer driver, etc., this can be a lengthy process or a quick process, but certainly not as quick as printing to the proper size of the original.

Reply by jlynn on 1/20/05 3:09pm
Msg #17506

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.

Reply by Mary Pierce on 1/20/05 5:55pm
Msg #17527

I print everytihing legal unless they request letter size. I know our courthouse would prefer the mortgages on letter size, however, when I get the files and they are mixed sizes who has time to sit and print all the legal docs on legal and the letter docs on letter.

Reply by jlynn on 1/20/05 8:28pm
Msg #17545

I always print legal as well. This title company requested that 42 pages be printed on letter size. It takes quite awhile to do that.
Thank you for your imput on the subject.

Reply by PAW Notary Services on 1/21/05 7:38am
Msg #17573

Unless the requested 42 pages were formatted and prepared for letter size, I don't see why they would be asking you print them on letter size. It would scrunch all the letters and possibly make it look trashy too.

Now, if the edoc package is mixed, some letter and some legal, then that's a different story. And that's where a dual tray printer may come in handy.

In the past, when I had the time, I would print everything on legal size paper and then cut the letter size ones with a paper cutter. Just a thought.

Reply by Laes Lairaton on 1/21/05 12:53pm
Msg #17617

Why not print the entire package on legal, then when making borrower copies, reduce those wanted in letter size to letter size on the copy machine.....give the borrower all the legal size.

Reply by Joan-OH on 1/21/05 5:47pm
Msg #17651

That is not a good idea

If you reduce what is printed on legal to letter size, it will make the font on the recordables much smaller than some recorders will allow and it may get rejected. Better to print on legal and cut it down to 8.5 x 11.

Personally, I have never cut down legal to letter and most of my instructions say print on all legal. Just print on all legal unless requested otherwise.

Joan-OH

Reply by Laes Lairaton on 1/22/05 10:41am
Msg #17707

Re: That is not a good idea

I didn't say to reduce the size, just tell your copier to print the doc on letter size paper. Instead of 'auto select' on your paper size, select 'letter size'. Of course, if you don't have a copier that has legal AND letter trays, you would be forced to reduce the print, which, I agree
is not recommended.

Reply by Joan-OH on 1/22/05 10:49am
Msg #17710

Re: That is not a good idea

That makes more sense! I misunderstood. My copier has the reduce from legal to letter, which I sometimes use on borrowers copies when it is a small package so that have an 8.5x11 to file away - much easier than trying to file legal. That is the type of reduction I was thinking about.