Some printers have the capability to print on both sides of a piece of paper. This feature is called duplexing, and it can add a big chunk of change to the cost of a printer. If your printer doesn't have duplexing, the only way to achieve the same result is to pass your paper through the printer twice. The following VBA macro will assist you in this process. It first prints the odd pages in a document, prompts you to turn the paper over, and then prints the even pages.
Sub PrintBothSides()
Dim iTemp As Integer
ActiveDocument.PrintOut Copies:=1, PageType:=wdPrintOddPagesOnly
iTemp = MsgBox("Switch paper to continue", vbOKCancel, "PrintBothSides")
If iTemp = vbOK Then
ActiveDocument.PrintOut Copies:=1, PageType:=wdPrintEvenPagesOnly
End If
End Sub
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2013-11-10 14:31:42
Phil Husband
I have a printer that will print on both sides of the page before going to page 3 for example. However I have MS word 2003 and I can only print on one side. Publisher 2003 allows me to print on both sides. Any help you can give will be appreciated.
2012-02-25 21:26:06
Milind Karnik
Please note that you must consider how you get the printed document. On my HP1070, I get the printed pages face down. So, if I want to maintain normal order of printed pages, I must instruct the macro to print "backwards" in the second go. Further, if the entire document has odd number of pages, then I must also work out whether to include the last printed odd page while switching pages. One can add a message to this effect based on page count.
Hope this is useful.
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