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EHS WWI - Can I change the Word setting for Collate somewhere ?

carla_matczak
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We have found that when the WORD Print setting for collate is 'on' or checked, there is a pause between the printing of labels thru WWI, using transaction CG54.

Is there somewhere I can turn off the COLLATE setting globally for WWI Labels?  Can I adjust an .ini file ? or a .dot file ?  any input is appreciated.

Thank you.

Carla

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christian_hund
Explorer
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Hi Carla,

would you please open an Incident for this issue, so we can offer a switch to disable Collation in Word.

Best regards,

Christian

raphael_dasilva
Explorer
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Hello Carla,

The problem with 'Collate' function actually happens due to the fact that MS Office printing set Collated

as default when printing any document.

For some printers, seems to be possible to avoid the default options by setting the printer options directly under Control Panel:

  • Select Start > Control Panel > Printers
  • Right-click the desired printer icon and select Printing Properties
  • Select the Device Settings tab
  • Find the Mopier Mode and Job Storage settings at the end of the listing
  • Change the settings from Enabled to Disabled
  • Apply changes

Actually we should find a way to always set Printing properties to Uncollated. I have researched for that in web and find that is possible to adapt the macro in normal.dot :

The following macro in normal.dot or in a global addin, Word will run it in

place of Word's built-in File|Print command. The macro turns off the collate

feature before carrying out each print job. The macro has no other effect on

printing.

Sub FilePrint()

With Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint)

    If .Display Then

        .Collate = False

        .Execute

    End If

End With

End Sub

For help creating this macro on your system check out:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/CreateAMacro.htm

I haven't tested this approach, but seems to be a reasonable way.

You can also check within MS Office team if there's any other possibility to uncheck that default option.

Best Regards,

Raphael

Former Member
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Hi !

How did you arrive that setting the Word print option “collate” on or checked affets your label printing…? Is the delay in printing is “significant” ?

Just curious to know. I always print Labels & reports with “collate” option on and I haven’t found any delay in printing of multiple copies.

My guess is that, size of the file you are priting may be huge / your WWI server sizing may not be appropriate / problem with printer settings (may receive the data bit late).

Coming back to your question, You can’t set the setting for “collate” in either of WWI. INI or WWILabel.INI.

Regards

Subash Sankar

Former Member
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Hello Carla

the topic about “Pause or delay” in label generation  has been discussed in the past as well. Refer below threads

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1966569

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1776509

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1606913

There is no such kind of option for controlling the “collate” function in wwi . How many genservices you are configured in wwi? Alternatively think about compatibility of High volume printing option to your printers.

Balajee