Printing a two-sided brochure

Thanks for your reply. I have "Show Layout" turned on; when viewing each page on the screen, the problem is immediately apparent, even before printing. Page one (the outside of the brochure) has grey area outside the right margin and page 2 (the inside of the brochure) has the same grey area, also on the right side. So, when printed, this "extra space" is at opposite sides; therefore, the columns cannot line up. In "Show Layout" the grey area would have to be on opposite sides in order for the columns of a two-sided brochure to line up properly.

Can you visualize what I'm getting at?

This seems to be an oversight in the actual template.

Thanks for any help in advance.

Thanks all for your various attempts at assisting me.

Jerrold: I tried your suggestion for borderless printing. Unfortunately, the print dialogue informs me that I cannot use that with two-sided printing in A4 size. I tried it without two-sided printing turned on and it still didn't eliminate the white gap at on both sides/opposite ends. I am using an HP 3210a.

Jerry: Now I understand what you and frudulda are talking about. I find it ironic that a printer which comes with a two-sided printing attachment and appropriate software cannot print to the right edge of the paper. Very odd.

fruhulda: I tried your suggestion re: the inspector palette, but it didn't affect how the document printed.

Very odd that the 3-fold template and a fairly modern printer with recently updated software (the most recent version is Oct. 2009) cannot print a brochure properly.

Any other suggestions? Thanks everyone for your kind assistance.

T.

I'm trying to print with the "Classic Brochure" template. I've selected A4 as the paper size, the same as the paper I'm using. If I can't figure this out, I'll try the printer section of OS 10.6.

Thanks for trying.

Thanks for the image. It's essentially identical to what I see with my brochure in Pages. The only difference is that my brochure has a little more white space on the right side. Not much more, but a little.

I understand what you mean by the 'greyed out area' but I haven't seen that at all. I can cause that to happen if I select a paper size different from my default, such as selecting US letter when my default is A4. Since I haven't done that, the 'greying out' isn't the problem. It's the bit of extra white space on the right side. Your jpg has just a little, but mine has about double or triple that amount. But only on the right side.

Hi Walt,

I was beginning to suspect as much. Groan. I will try re-formatting with a 1/2 inch margin all around. I was hoping not to replace this printer - four years old, still works great, except for this issue. Which HP did you have?