Re: Printing each page multiple times

Today, the client hooked up the new, dedicated, single drawer printer to
the network. I did what was necessary on IBM i. The printer was configured
(via a simple setting) to print each page 5 times (as Charles suggested).
All tests worked correctly. The pre-collated forms (5 colors on 20# bond)
will soon be ordered.

FYI - the volume is not large, so the few multi-page invoices that will
need sorting will be manageable.

Thanks again for all your comments and suggestions.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I agree that the printer screwing up would be a problem...

Yet, obviously many people do this successfully...otherwise pre-collated
paper wouldn't be a thing.

http://www.appleforms.com/laser-carbonless-paper/collated-paper-not-carbonless.html
"The 20# pre-collated bond colored copy paper is ideal for laser, inkjet,
digital printers and copiers. Often used by hospitals, data processing
centers, insurance companies, schools, and any other business where
applications and processes may use regular white copy paper, these
pre-collated sets of copy paper can be used for multi-part forms, invoices,
delivery receipts, statements, and packing lists among other things."

My guess is that you wouldn't try to use this when printing a 1000 or even
100 documents at once. But if you're only printer a few documents at one
time, it should work out well enough.

The OP doesn't mention how many docs he'll be printing at a time.

Charles

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:59 AM, Wilson, Jonathan <
piercing_male@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Thu, 2015-08-06 at 11:41 -0400, Don Programmer wrote:

Forms would be received pre-collated from the supplier (i.e. white,

blue,

pink, yellow, green; white, pink, etc.).

Even if you could solve the issue of printing 5 copies of each page, p1
p1 p1 p1 p1 p2 p2 p2 p2... etc, what happens in the very likely event
that the printer pulls 2 pages stuck together, or a page jams and its
impossible to start the printer on the correct number of print for the
given page?

Even if the printer did the sensible thing of (re)starting at the first
copy of the correct page (or first copy of page X) could you guarantee
that the operator remembers to remove the duff number of pages from the
stack to make sure it starts on colour A... the whole thing is just
waiting to go wrong at some point, with no one noticing that half way
through the print run the collated paper sequence is out of whack with
the page sequence, or having to re-print it 5 times because the stack of
paper is a bit damp or the pull rollers are getting a bit smooth...

Worse, no one notices and the whole thing gets delivered to the various
departments and only one department realises that there are missing, or
duplicate, pages in their given colour so pulls the dup pages.. but the
warehouse doesn't catch the problem then starts packing/shipping
duplicates.

I can see how multipart forms might have been a useful thing back in the
day, although to be honest I sometimes wonder if it was more a cost/time
saving thing (print once get five) and the multi colours were just a
happy bonus rather than the colour=department being the primary factor.

Another thing... I also though one important factor of multi-parts was
the ability for X copies to record signatures. Once you no longer need
that ability is there anything really to be gained from colour printed
multi pages? If you need 3 signatures on three pages (copies) just print
on the top and bottom of the page "customer copy" "accounts copy" etc.

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