WD97: First Page Prints on Back of Last Page with Duplex (196857)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q196857 SYMPTOMS
When you use the duplex option to print multiple copies of a document to a
PostScript printer, and if the document contains an odd number of pages,
the first page of the second copy prints on the back of the last page of
the first copy.
NOTE: This does not occur with non-PostScript (PCL) printers.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:
- Insert text on the page that you want to be blank, and then format
the color of that text to be white.
-or-
- Install the Windows 3.x PostScript driver. For information about
using Windows 3.x drivers in Windows 95, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
132946 How to Install Windows 3.1 Drivers in Windows 95
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the PostScript printer
driver included with Windows 95.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 3/14/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB196857 |
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