Printing Envelopes

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These instructions are for OpenOffice writer.

1. Open Writer in the usual way.
2. Go to "Insert" → "Envelope"
3. Fill out the "addressee" box according to the standards used by your country. If you want, check the "sender" box and fill in a return-address in the same way.
4. Go to the "Format" tab. In the "Format" drop-down, select the type of envelope you are using. Normal U.S. business envelopes are 'Env. 10'.
5. Go to the "Printer" tab. Make sure that "Shift down" reads "0.10"" and click the button with this ideogram: . Click "New Doc."
6. The finished envelope will now appear as if it were a document, which it is. Review it to make sure that everything looks sensible.
7. Insert as many envelopes as you want. The front of the envelope should face down and the envelopes should be inserted flush with the right edge and until you feel gentle resistance. If you insert until you feel strong resistance there may be problems. As a tip, the bottom edge of size 10 envelopes will be flush with the bottom edge of U.S. letter paper loaded into the tray.
8. Press print.

Troubleshooting

If an envelope does not feed into the printer correctly it may be slightly bent or damaged, due to their physical complexity (compared to typing paper) there are more possible ways that a part of the envelope could get entangled with an instrument of the printer. Thus it is important to ensure that envelopes are crisp and flat before insertion.

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