Posted by DellaCa on 7/2/06 3:44am
Msg #130304

New PC and printer question

My old one which was not that old ,blew for some reason its under extended warranty it was the hard drive! It is being fixed I went and bought a new one ( a back up is good to have as I found out) of course the recovery disks I made are missing so now I have to buy a set from hp.
My problem I am sure is an easy fix but I can not figure out how.When I print out docs and tell the printer to print 2 copies it prints both copies at the same time,so I have to sort the docs one by one in to 2 sets. On my old pc I did not have that problem it would print one complete set then print the other one. Help Please

Reply by MichiganAl on 7/2/06 4:03am
Msg #130308

Somewhere in your printer preferences...

You've got collate turned on. If it wasn't 5 a.m. and I wasn't so blasted tired, I could probably tell you what tab it's under. But it's there. Somewhere.

Reply by KBLedgard_CA on 7/2/06 8:38am
Msg #130323

Re: Somewhere in your printer preferences...

The collate tab should be located on the large menu that comes up when you go to the drop down menu:
File, Print...it should just be above or below the # of copies option. Unclick the collate box.
I feel your pain about you HP...mine did the same. Finally got a Dell and use the HP as a back. Haven't needed yet, knock on wood.
Let me know if this works.

Reply by KBLedgard_CA on 7/2/06 9:03am
Msg #130324

Re: Somewhere in your printer preferences...

I just noticed that the collate tab is sometimes under the "Properties" tab of the File, Print selection. You can also get to it by going to Control Panel, Printers and right click on "Printing Preferences" for the designated printer(s).

Reply by DellaCa on 7/2/06 12:55pm
Msg #130365

Re: Nothing about collate tab

I did not get much sleep last night but I am looking every where and do not see anything about collate , I'll keep looking. Thanks

Reply by DellaCa on 7/2/06 1:28pm
Msg #130372

Re: Got it Thanks so easy if you know what to look for :) n/m