I have a problem where I am running a word mail merge document in batch. The
document needs a duplex printer, so I want to dynamically select the printer
without bringing up word myself. Also when the job finishes, I need it to
reset the default printer back to what it was before running this document.

Say for example my default printer is prta, and my duplex printer is prtb

I need to have my mailmerge document use prtb, and then when finished
mailmerging change the default printer back to prta. I'm assuming to get
this job done, the default printer prta needs to be changed to prtb
dynamically, and then dynamically changed back to prta upon completion.

See the article "Changing the selected (current) printer in Word without
changing the system default printer" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...CurPrinter.htm


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Hope this helps.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"dlee" wrote in message
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I have a problem where I am running a word mail merge document in batch.
The
document needs a duplex printer, so I want to dynamically select the
printer
without bringing up word myself. Also when the job finishes, I need it to
reset the default printer back to what it was before running this
document.

Say for example my default printer is prta, and my duplex printer is prtb

I need to have my mailmerge document use prtb, and then when finished
mailmerging change the default printer back to prta. I'm assuming to get
this job done, the default printer prta needs to be changed to prtb
dynamically, and then dynamically changed back to prta upon completion.

Doug; Thanks for the response. I did a macro in a template named clmstmtt
which I saved to words startup directory. It works It works, I also tried to
use the same template with another document, but it didn't work.

Next week I'll be running thru your suggestion. This seems really tough to
do, probably cause I'm doing the steps wrong.

Thanks again.

Dlee

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dlee


"Doug Robbins - Word MVP" wrote:

See the article "Changing the selected (current) printer in Word without
changing the system default printer" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...CurPrinter.htm


--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP

"dlee" wrote in message
...
I have a problem where I am running a word mail merge document in batch.
The
document needs a duplex printer, so I want to dynamically select the
printer
without bringing up word myself. Also when the job finishes, I need it to
reset the default printer back to what it was before running this
document.

Say for example my default printer is prta, and my duplex printer is prtb

I need to have my mailmerge document use prtb, and then when finished
mailmerging change the default printer back to prta. I'm assuming to get
this job done, the default printer prta needs to be changed to prtb
dynamically, and then dynamically changed back to prta upon completion.