printing a single section: problem with unwanted blank page

Hi all,

We have a document which is over 300 pages in length. It's divided up into
many small Word sections. Many of these begin a new chapter, and so have a
"section break odd page".

When we print we duplex this document. We often have a need to update a
single section, and then instruct our users to reprint this section only,
and reinsert it into their copy of the manual.

The problem is that when printing duplex, a section with the section break
odd page, will throw an extra blank page to honor it's "odd page"
designation, and this blank page ends up being on the other side of the
first page of the section.

I've tried changing the section break type to new page, and I've tried
adding a page break to the main document just before the break, to try and
force the section in question to start on an even page. (all being done in
vba by intercepting the file print command)

Nothing is working and these sections, when printed in isolation, are still
throwing an extra blank page, and making it impossible to update just a
section of the manual.

Anyone have any ideas?

This is word 2003.

thanks.

Chip