Hi, anyone know if its possible to print the return address on the back of an
envelope, in a more formal manner (i.e. Wedding Invitation).
I can only seem to find the option to print on the front side of the
envelope, thanks much for any help!!!

It will depend a lot on your printer. You are most likely to have success if
you can feed the envelope into the printer bottom first with the flap open.
Open the flap of the envelope and draw around it onto a standard sheet of
paper (aligned center, left, or right according to how you will need to feed
the envelope into the printer). Then measure to where you would need to put
the address and adjust your margins on a standard page to put the address
there. Test this on a sheet of paper until you get it right, then test on an
envelope cutout before trying it with a real envelope. Even then, you may
get less than perfect results because of the varying paper thicknesses.

If you have to feed the envelope lengthwise, you may be able to use the same
technique with a landscape layout, but this is likely to be successful only
if the envelope feeds from the left (face up) or right (face down).

As you can see, there's a lot of trial and error involved. Generally
speaking, though, I would expect better printing results (especially from a
laser printer) with the flap open rather than closed.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"BarneyBeagle" wrote in message
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Hi, anyone know if its possible to print the return address on the back of
an
envelope, in a more formal manner (i.e. Wedding Invitation).
I can only seem to find the option to print on the front side of the
envelope, thanks much for any help!!!

Or you could simply use an envelope template and print the back separately ?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
.

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
It will depend a lot on your printer. You are most likely to have
success if you can feed the envelope into the printer bottom first
with the flap open. Open the flap of the envelope and draw around it
onto a standard sheet of paper (aligned center, left, or right
according to how you will need to feed the envelope into the
printer). Then measure to where you would need to put the address and
adjust your margins on a standard page to put the address there. Test
this on a sheet of paper until you get it right, then test on an
envelope cutout before trying it with a real envelope. Even then, you
may get less than perfect results because of the varying paper
thicknesses.

If you have to feed the envelope lengthwise, you may be able to use
the same technique with a landscape layout, but this is likely to be
successful only if the envelope feeds from the left (face up) or
right (face down).

As you can see, there's a lot of trial and error involved. Generally
speaking, though, I would expect better printing results (especially
from a laser printer) with the flap open rather than closed.


"BarneyBeagle" wrote in
message ...
Hi, anyone know if its possible to print the return address on the
back of an envelope, in a more formal manner (i.e. Wedding
Invitation).
I can only seem to find the option to print on the front side of the
envelope, thanks much for any help!!!

I wasn't suggesting that the back be printed other than separately.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Or you could simply use an envelope template and print the back separately
?

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
.

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
It will depend a lot on your printer. You are most likely to have
success if you can feed the envelope into the printer bottom first
with the flap open. Open the flap of the envelope and draw around it
onto a standard sheet of paper (aligned center, left, or right
according to how you will need to feed the envelope into the
printer). Then measure to where you would need to put the address and
adjust your margins on a standard page to put the address there. Test
this on a sheet of paper until you get it right, then test on an
envelope cutout before trying it with a real envelope. Even then, you
may get less than perfect results because of the varying paper
thicknesses.

If you have to feed the envelope lengthwise, you may be able to use
the same technique with a landscape layout, but this is likely to be
successful only if the envelope feeds from the left (face up) or
right (face down).

As you can see, there's a lot of trial and error involved. Generally
speaking, though, I would expect better printing results (especially
from a laser printer) with the flap open rather than closed.


"BarneyBeagle" wrote in
message ...
Hi, anyone know if its possible to print the return address on the
back of an envelope, in a more formal manner (i.e. Wedding
Invitation).
I can only seem to find the option to print on the front side of the
envelope, thanks much for any help!!!