WD: Word 98 and Word 6.x Prints Documents in Middle of Another (121937)

SYMPTOMS

When a document with multiple orientations is printed to a network printer, another user's document may print between sections of your document.

Printing a document to a PostScript (PS) file causes a separate output file each time the orientation and page size changes.

When you print to a fax driver, you are prompted for a phone number every time the orientation changes in the document.

This is also true for Master Documents with more than one subdocument.

CAUSE

Documents that contain multiple orientations and page sizes print as separate distinct print jobs in the versions of Word listed at the beginning of this article. This is a limitation of the printing architecture on the Macintosh.

WORKAROUND

When printing to a file, you can provide a unique filename for each section of your document that contains a different orientation or page size.

Note: In Word 6.x this is not an issue when using the QuickDraw GX printing architecture because it allows multiple orientations and paper sizes in the same print job. However, QuickDraw GX is no longer supported by Apple from Operating System 8.0 and later.

MORE INFORMATION

Due to the limitations of the printing architecture on the Macintosh, any files containing multiple orientations or paper sizes will print as separate jobs. In any event, if you are printing over a network, your print jobs may be mixed with other users' print jobs.

This causes confusion on network printers because an unrelated print job from another user could come between different sections of the same document.

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