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  • xerotolerant
    Technician
    • Mar 2012
    • 19

    Booklet finish

    Hello all. I own a sharp mx-6200 and i'm having something of an issue.
    I am having difficulty getting the booklet finishing option to work properly.
    My first issue is that I can't find good documentation on it. Everything that I've done so far has been the result of guesswork.
    Secondly the printer almost never prints the pages correctly.

    After guessing and tinkering with settings (and a few dozen prints) we manage to get it to print but there is a border between the 2 pages in the middle.
    Is there any way around that?
    Trying to print a page, with an image that spans 2 pages results in a wide white border down the middle of the image. Is there any way around that?
  • bilyahn
    Service Manager

    1,000+ Posts
    • Dec 2006
    • 1457

    #2
    Re: Booklet finish

    Could be a couple of different issues. What are the orignal file document sizes and what size booklet are you trying to make (11x17 OR 8-1/2x11r). You can get a lot of strange results depending on what you are trying to do. I need a little more information and some scans might help as well.

    Good luck.

    Bil

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    • mojorolla
      The Wolf

      2,500+ Posts
      • Jan 2010
      • 2555

      #3
      Re: Booklet finish

      This is what Sharp suggests:

      WORD DOCUMENT:
      To create a new Word document for pamphlet printing, complete the following setup
      before entering data.
      Page Setup:
      1. Open: New Document page.
      2. Select: File from Tool bar.
      3. Select: Page Setup.
      4. Set: All Margins to 0.5" in the Margins tab.
      NOTE: To maximize page coverage when your document is printed, you have the option to change the
      margins to 0.2" or 0.3".
      PAMPHLET PRINTING
      2 OF 5
      PAMPHLET PRINTING (MX-2600/3100N, MX-4100/4101/5001N, MX-6201/7001N, MX-363/453/503N)
      5. Select: Paper tab.
      6. Select: Legal from the Paper Size drop-down menu.
      7. Select: OK.
      NOTE: If you are printing a pamphlet from an existing Word document, you may have to make some
      text line adjustments after you have changed the page setup settings indicated above.
      Print Setup
      1. Select: Print from the File menu.
      2. Select: Properties.
      3 OF 5
      PAMPHLET PRINTING (MX-2600/3100N, MX-4100/4101/5001N, MX-6201/7001N, MX-363/453/503N)
      3. Select: From the Main tab:
      a. Pamphlet Style radio button from Document Style.
      b. 2-Up Pamphlet from the Document Style drop-down menu.
      c. 2 Staples from the Staple: drop-down menu. (Only needed for eight (8) pages
      or more)
      4. Select: Paper tab.
      5. Select: Legal from Paper Size drop-down menu.
      6. Select: OK.
      7. Select: OK to print.
      4 OF 5
      PAMPHLET PRINTING
      PDF DOCUMENT:
      If you create a PDF document from a Word document with the recommended margins and paper
      selection, your document text will fit the page correctly.
      However, a PDF document that has not been adjusted in the original Word document will print at a
      reduced size.
      Print Setup
      1. Open: PDF document.
      2. Select: Print from the File menu.
      3. Select: Fit to Printer Margins from the Page Scaling: drop-down menu.
      4. Deselect: Auto-Rotate and Center.
      5. Deselect: Choose Paper Source by PDF page size.
      6. Select: Properties.
      7. Select: From the Main tab:
      a. Pamphlet Style radio button from Document Style.
      b. 2-Up Pamphlet from the Document Style drop-down menu.
      c. 2 Staples from the Staple: drop-down menu. (Only needed for eight (8) pages
      or more)
      5 OF 5
      PAMPHLET PRINTING (MX-2600/3100N, MX-4100/4101/5001N, MX-6201/7001N, MX-363/453/503N)
      8. Select: Paper tab.
      9. Select: Legal from Paper Size drop-down menu.
      10. Select: OK.
      11. Select: OK to print.

      This can be a real nightmare. If you are creating the booklet in Word, the page layout should be "booklet". If you use "2 per page" the image will be reduced and your margins will be too big. In this case you would use the 1 UP setting in the print driver. If you are using a single page layout with Word, select the 2 UP setting in the print driver.

      The page order can be fixed 2 ways that I know of. Again, if using Word, under the "Advanced" settings, there is a "print pages in reverse order" check box. However, this does not always work depending upon the version of Word. I have found that what works best is to convert the document to a .pdf file. The Adobe print interface has the reverse page order and layout feature on the main screen. Much easier to get to and a much better success rate.


      Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!

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      • xerotolerant
        Technician
        • Mar 2012
        • 19

        #4
        Re: Booklet finish

        Originally posted by bilyahn
        Could be a couple of different issues. What are the orignal file document sizes and what size booklet are you trying to make (11x17 OR 8-1/2x11r). You can get a lot of strange results depending on what you are trying to do. I need a little more information and some scans might help as well.

        Good luck.

        Bil
        Ok, well bilyahn, We've tried various combinations. 8.5x22 doc size on 11x17 paper, with the hope that it would print 2 per sheet and staple.
        varying degrees or success with that.
        tried 11x17 doc size on 11x17 paper. with the hope that it would print the full sheets and then fold and staple it
        result is what should be the image across leaves get crammed onto half of the 11x17 page.

        tried booklet and pamphlet with both of them but nothing the way I want it.
        The closest thing to success is with it printing the pages in the right order and orientation, but on little rectangles on each page. leaving gaps inbetween what should be contiguous images across 2 pages.

        As for mojorolla's post. I'll have to go through that and get back to you. I will in a few hours.

        Thanks for the suggestions so far.

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        • bilyahn
          Service Manager

          1,000+ Posts
          • Dec 2006
          • 1457

          #5
          Re: Booklet finish

          Going by what you just said you won't be able to do this. Booklet or pamphlet mode are used to take 2 or more images or documents and put them on a sheet of paper then fold that paper. Unfortunately there is not way that I am aware of to get the finisher to fold your paper without being in booklet mode. You could break your image into 2 8-1/2 by 11 sized docs then print them but you would have a margin around your image.

          Good luck.

          Bil

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          • bilyahn
            Service Manager

            1,000+ Posts
            • Dec 2006
            • 1457

            #6
            Re: Booklet finish

            Originally posted by bilyahn
            Going by what you just said you won't be able to do this. Booklet or pamphlet mode are used to take 2 or more images or documents and put them on a sheet of paper then fold that paper. Unfortunately there is not way that I am aware of to get the finisher to fold your paper without being in booklet mode. You could break your image into 2 8-1/2 by 11 sized docs then print them but you would have a margin around your image.
            Do you have an inserter setup with this unit? If so then you could accomplish what you are trying to do. You would have to print out the document on 11X17 or LetterR so you would get the full image across the page then run it through the inserter to fold it. Only way I can think of that you could do this.

            Good luck.

            Bil

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            • xerotolerant
              Technician
              • Mar 2012
              • 19

              #7
              Re: Booklet finish

              Hey, that's exactly what we ended up doing, didn't really seemed more like a work around than a legit way to do it, but the printer itself doesn't seem to count the runs as prints, so that's a relief. Thanks, that's what we'll do after all.

              P.S. is there a way to either close a thread or put solved in the title?

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              • mojorolla
                The Wolf

                2,500+ Posts
                • Jan 2010
                • 2555

                #8
                Re: Booklet finish

                The post sheet inserter is designed NOT to count because it only loads the pre printed pages or cover stock; they never enter the engine.


                Failing to plan is planning to fail!!!

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