Business cards - printing double sided with merged data on..

Bran · External Since: Aug 09, 2007 Posts: 1

Hi there! I have two sided business cards that I wanna print with a Bizhub
duplex unit. Each side of a card has merged data from MS Access database.
Now, when I press print I receive a message that Publisher cannot print
double sided documents with merged data...Why or better, how can I get what I
need? Otherway, duplexer is working just fine without merged data. Any
suggestions??

Mary Sauer · External Since: Mar 25, 2006 Posts: 3845

If you need double-sided cards, you need two separate files in Publisher if you
use a merge. Print one side at a time.
Graham Mayor has an excellent article on how to do this in Word with a duplex
unit. It maybe worth a look.

http://www.gmayor.com/duplex_merge_data.htm

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"Bran" wrote in message

> Hi there! I have two sided business cards that I wanna print with a Bizhub
> duplex unit. Each side of a card has merged data from MS Access database.
> Now, when I press print I receive a message that Publisher cannot print
> double sided documents with merged data...Why or better, how can I get what I
> need? Otherway, duplexer is working just fine without merged data. Any
> suggestions??

Elmo P. Shagnasty · External Since: Dec 03, 2003 Posts: 32

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Mary Sauer · External Since: Mar 25, 2006 Posts: 3845

Fusion Pro Desktop is a bit pricey. Between Acrobat and Fusion Pro Desktop
you've spent about $800. One can buy a lot of commercial business cards for that
price. This isn't including the software to create the card design.

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"Elmo P. Shagnasty" wrote in message

> In article ,
> Bran wrote:
>
>> Hi there! I have two sided business cards that I wanna print with a Bizhub
>> duplex unit. Each side of a card has merged data from MS Access database.
>> Now, when I press print I receive a message that Publisher cannot print
>> double sided documents with merged data...Why or better, how can I get what I
>> need?
>
> Do you already have a full version of Acrobat?
>
> If so, turn your cards--better yet, a single card image, front and
> back--into PDF and use Fusion Pro Desktop from Printable to do all the
> work, including imposing the cards on the sheet.
>

Elmo P. Shagnasty · External Since: Dec 03, 2003 Posts: 32

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AdanDaroski · Joined: Feb 11, 2010 Posts: 3

I have a 2 pages document with mail merge data source and the 1st page is
letter head layout and the 2nd is plain. The problem I encountered is when
I print it via a duplex printer by two sided printing operation that only
the 1st and 2nd page were printed as two sided printing.
Any suggestions?