[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 51132] After one success, PRINTING of #10 ENVELOPES failed to print properly, apparently due to incorrect formatting of the envelope document by the 'Insert Envelope' wizard.

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51132

--- Comment #33 from ecomer <ecomer at yahoo.com> ---
(In reply to product from comment #31)
> Problem and Workaround:
> 
> I totally gave up on Insert / Envelope.  I found that even trying to define
> a user defined size of #10 size and manually entering the right width and
> height would cause it to automatically (!) change it from user defined to
> the built in #10 incorrect size right before my eyes, with a height of about
> 16 cm!  So user defined did not work.  That Insert / Envelope menu item
> should probably be removed from Writer.
> 
> But I found a simple and effective workaround.
> 
> Simply open a usual document, go to Format / Page, and from there change the
> Format to #10 envelope.  That works!  The page is correctly defined.
> 
> I then selected Insert / Text Box a couple times, and entered the return
> address and send address.  Then select the boxes, one by one of course,
> right-clicked, and selected Position and Size.  Then changed the rotation
> angle to 270 degrees.  Then manually dragged the boxes to where I wanted,
> top right and centered respectively.
> 
> Then printed.  Works great.  Whew!
> 
> One other thing, I put the envelope in the manual feed of my printer of
> course.  But if you have the printer properties set to double sided, it got
> confused and told me it was a size error.  Not again!  But it wasn't a size
> error.  I simple set the document to single sided printing temporarily, and
> the envelope printed beautifully.

The envelope has gotten worse. In the past I could correct the envelope from
"User" to "#10" envelope and the size would become correct. However, after the
latest LibreOffice update to Version: 6.4.0.3 the envelope now has a header
that is impossible to get rid of. LibreOffice is now totally useless for
printing envelopes. For the record, my preferred printer is a Brother
MFC-L2710DW but the problem is also present with both of my other printers;
Brother HL-2140 and Brother MFC-J430W.
Version: 6.4.0.3, Build ID: 6.4.0-2, CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.4; UI render:
default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: en-US (en_US.utf8); UI-Language: en-US. Linux
version 5.4.17-1-MANJARO (builder at cbec20020b85) (gcc version 9.2.0 (GCC)) #1
SMP PREEMPT Tue Feb 4 11:40:50 UTC 2020

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