[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 154937] The strings "Print from top" and "Print from bottom" are confusing

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154937

--- Comment #5 from Tuomas Hietala <tuomas.hietala at iki.fi> ---
(In reply to V Stuart Foote from comment #2)
> Beleive it has nothing to do with the front or the back of the envelope,
> rather is dependent on the stacking and feed of envelopes of any particular
> printer (something LO will not have any sense of).  It is the path that a
> properly loaded  envelope takes through the feed (from printer's tray or
> feeder).
> 
> It will always print on the front of the envelope unless you don't load it
> correctly and invert the stack from the direction indicated on the printer.
> 
> You'll see similar "guides" on the document feeders for MFP and copiers with
> scanners as to which direction to load.
> 
> This is what you have to do with LO to orient the address onto the envelop
> as the top left of the envelope shifts with from top or from bottom feed.

Thanks for the explanation, it seems I misunderstood. If "Print from top" and
"Print from bottom" are commonly used in printers I guess they're good enough
for LO too.

In that case the icons are misleading, though, because if you select "Print
from bottom", it looks like the back side of the envelope will be printed on.

Also, aren't the extended somewhat misleading, too? If I understood correctly,
isn't it the user who manually feeds the envelopes front side either up or down
and then must select the appropriate option in LO? The extended tips make it
sound like selecting the option in LO will flip the envelopes around in the
printer.

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