Hello,
Some difficulties when trying to print labels. How am I getting PGS 4.1.5.6
to print 3 labels across the page and 11 rows of labels on each page. One
label to each person.

I have tried to put 33 text frames of the right size on the page. Inserted
variable text (the text fields from the merge file). If I put the fields in
only the first text frame then I get only one label on each page, If I fill
the same field names in several text frames I get as many labels per page I
have filled text frames to the same person and the same amount on next page
to the following person.

What am I doing wrong? I have looked in the help file for "Mass Mailing and
Address Label Printing"
Kind regards
Anders Willför

On Wednesday 21 March 2007 14:17, ANDERS WILLFÖR wrote:
> Hello,
> Some difficulties when trying to print labels. How am I getting PGS 4.1.5.6
> to print 3 labels across the page and 11 rows of labels on each page. One
> label to each person.

I've only done this once that I can think of and that not recently so my
memory is a little fuzzy, but:

1. Create the label as a document at the size, etc. you need. In your case
that might be something along the lines of 2.5"x1" (in metric I assume ;^)

2. Insert the variable where needed

3. When you print use the mail merge with the appropriate steps for connecting
the fields to the variables, make sure to set imposition of 3 across by 11.

Although admittedly it wasn't on an Amiga I have done this. The only problem I
can recall had to do with duplexing and front/back printing (I was doing
postcards, not labels).

> I have tried to put 33 text frames of the right size on the page.

no, you want to make the document "page" the size of one label. Create once
and PgS will do the replication work.

Tim Doty

On 21-Mar-07, ANDERS WILLFÖR wrote:
>
> Some difficulties when trying to print labels. How am I getting PGS 4.1.5.6
> to print 3 labels across the page and 11 rows of labels on each page. One
> label to each person.
>
To put f iles of addresses onto pages of 3 x 10 addresses using PgS
Amiga, I set up templates for addresser files as follows:

1. Open a new page. For Avery #5160 labels, I use US Letter,
8.5 x 11 inches

2. Use the Text Frame Tool to create a text frame W=2.625", H = 1.0",
positioned at X = 0.12", Y = 0.5".

3. Transform 2 copies at Horiz = 2.75", Vert = 0.

4. Select all, Transform 9 copies at Horiz = 0, Vert = 1".

Starting at the original frame in the upper left corner,
link text frames left to right and top to bottom until
all frames are linked.

If desired, repeat the process for as many pages as
needed, linking the pages. Set the font for the
upper left text frame on the first page as 12 point,
in a font that supports USPS bar codes, centered.

Organize the address list as 6 lines for each addressee,
as follows: Bar code (assuming you have a font that
includes bar codes), blank line, firm, name, street address
or box #, city state & code or city code & country. For any
element to be omitted, leave a blank line. Save the list in
separate files with 30, 60, 90 or however many addressees
per file as will fill the template you have set up.

Note: the 2.75" wide #5160 label will support a bar-code
for USPS zip or zip+4 only. For the full USPS zip + 4 + 2
bar code (including checksum) a wider label is required.

Open the template, fill with a file, check formatting
and print. Repeat as required until the entire mail
list is finished.

This process works for modest (up to a few
hundred addressees) mail lists. For really
large -- tens of thousands of addresseess --
mail lists, it may be too labor-intensive to be
practical.

--Geoff

--
ggass@teleport.com Geoffrey A. Gass Foulecourt Press
Also at this address: T. Bain Stokes Fignewton Frogberry