Printing different sections of a document from different printer trays

Ian_WB · #1 05-23-2022, 05:34 AM

Hi,

I need to be able to print the first section of a word document from one tray, but the rest of the sections from another tray. I have managed to do this on a document that we know how many sections. I have tried to do this, but the first 2 sections come out from one tray and the third from the different tray.

Any ideas where I may have gone wrong? This is my macro:

Sub Section()
'
' Section Macro
'
'
With Selection.PageSetup
.FirstPageTray = wdPrinterLowerBin
.OtherPagesTray = wdPrinterLowerBin
Application.PrintOut FileName:="", Range:=wdPrintRangeOfPages, Item:= _
wdPrintDocumentWithMarkup, Copies:=1, Pages:="S1", PageType:= _
wdPrintAllPages, Collate:=True, Background:=True, PrintToFile:=False, _
PrintZoomColumn:=0, PrintZoomRow:=0, PrintZoomPaperWidth:=0, _
PrintZoomPaperHeight:=0
End With
With Selection.PageSetup
.FirstPageTray = wdPrinterMiddleBin
.OtherPagesTray = wdPrinterMiddleBin
Application.PrintOut FileName:="", Range:=wdPrintRangeOfPages, Item:= _
wdPrintDocumentWithMarkup, Copies:=1, Pages:="S2-S10", PageType:= _
wdPrintAllPages, Collate:=True, Background:=True, PrintToFile:=False, _
PrintZoomColumn:=0, PrintZoomRow:=0, PrintZoomPaperWidth:=0, _
PrintZoomPaperHeight:=0
End With
End Sub

Thanks
Ian

Guessed · #2 05-23-2022, 04:11 PM

Your code is applying the trays to the selection rather than the document as a whole. Try this variation to make the trays independent of the selection when you run the macro.

Code:

Sub Section()
  With ActiveDocument.PageSetup
    .FirstPageTray = wdPrinterLowerBin
    .OtherPagesTray = wdPrinterMiddleBin
  End With
  If ActiveDocument.Sections.Count > 9 Then
    Application.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintRangeOfPages, Item:=wdPrintDocumentWithMarkup, Copies:=1, Pages:="S1-S10", _
          PageType:=wdPrintAllPages, Collate:=True
  Else
    Application.PrintOut Range:=wdPrintAllDocument, Item:=wdPrintDocumentWithMarkup, Copies:=1, _
          PageType:=wdPrintAllPages, Collate:=True
  End If
End Sub

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