Epublish - Book Publication Wizard / Manage Book

Dear All,
I have created a report for the publication through Manage Book and that report is also validated. Now I am printing the same with epublish -> Book Publication Wizard. When I am printing the same at that time, That report is getting printed in 3 pages and 3 times. In that 3 pages only two page contain the information and remaining 3rd page is blank.
What setting I need to do for geeting the whole report in the same page and how can I avoid the same report printing for 3 times ?
Please do the needful...
Regards,
SANJAY

You should also use the SUPRESSKEY parameter to select which intersection point should be checked if there is data. In this way, if there is no data for the intersection, for example on DATASRC=INPUT (or whatever dimension members you wish to choose), then the report will not be printed.
Also as pointed out by the others, it is of utmost importance to set the printsettings of the report correctly, as these will automatically used while printing. For example expansions of a report can cause a lot of useless cells entering the printrage which causes a lot of useless paper/pdf pages. As mentioned before, the best way to test this is by using the print to pdf option, as this will only waste diskspace.
To set the printrange correctly in a report whith expansions, make sure the edges of the printrange contain the colkeyrange and the rowkeyrange. If you do this, the printrange will adjust automatically based on the expansion.

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