When using dot matrix printers, a multi-part form means using NCR paper so you can print/write once and it would show on multiple forms. This is still used today when businesses want to send 2 or more copies of the picking sheet to the warehouse so they can write in the quantity picked, keep a copy for their office, and use the other copy as a packing slip.

To move away from dot matrix printers to laser printers we need to have the forms printed, non-collated (all page 1 copies before printing page 2), but with the possibility of shading on specified parts. NCR paper can be purchased for laser printers but Sage 100 needs to be modified to accommodate the order the copies are printed.

Example of printing order needed:

1st Paper (green ) Order 1234567, Copy 1, Page 1: prints without shadow (to the 1st Multi-Part printer)
2nd Paper (yellow) Order 1234567, Copy 2, Page 1: prints with shadow (to the 2nd Multi-Part printer)
3rd Paper (green ) Order 1234567, Copy 1, Page 2: prints without shadow (to the 1st Multi-Part printer)
4th Paper (yellow) Order 1234567, Copy 2, Page 2: prints with shadow (to the 2nd Multi-Part printer)

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  • How it currently works (see below), means if a customer has alternating colors, the shadowtext prints on both green and yellow paper, rather than only on the yellow paper:

    1st Paper (green ) Order 1234567, Copy 1, Page 1: prints without shadow (to the 1st Multi-Part printer)
    2nd Paper (yellow) Order 1234567, Copy 1, Page 2: prints without shadow (to the 1st Multi-Part printer)
    3rd Paper (green ) Order 1234567, Copy 2, Page 1: prints with shadow (to the 2nd Multi-Part printer)
    4th Paper (yellow) Order 1234567, Copy 2, Page 2: prints with shadow (to the 2nd Multi-Part printer)