Re: Printer

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From: SA (~fake.address_at_nspm.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 18:16:15 -0500

Lieven:

Surprised you don't get prompted for the default printer.

You can't add a network printer for a compter that doesn't exist. You can
have an administrator temporarily set up a computer with that server name
(it can be a workstation, simply rename it for a moment to the Bruntrs1
computer name option in the System control panel) add the driver for the
type of printer you were using, and share that printer (even though its not
connected,) as BR21.

Then again reset the reports to use the default printer. 

-- 
Steve Arbaugh
ACG Soft
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/attac-cg
"Lieven Van de Velde" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:afaf01c40784$638aba10$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> Access does not prompt for the default printer.
>
> MDB is still on original machine but printer and server
> were removed. I have discovered original printer-name by
> looking into binary display of MDB into which I exported
> the report : \\BRUNTRS1\BR21.
>
> I have tried to 'Add Printer' \\BRUNTRS1\BR21 but get
> error message printer doesn't exist. Server \\BRUNTRS1 was
> removed and will not be reinstalled.
>
> Have I lost this report entirely ?
>
> Thanks for any help - Lieven.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Lieven:
> >
> >Access should prompt you to select to use the default
> printer when the
> >printer not available message box appears.  Select Yes.
> >
> >If you are not prompted to select the default printer,
> then your solution is
> >to reinstall the driver for the expected printer on the
> machine where it was
> >originally, and then re-set up the network printer as if
> it existed.  Using
> >File -> Page Set Up, on the Page tab, set all reports to
> use the default
> >printer.
> >-- 
> >Steve Arbaugh
> >ACG Soft
> >http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/attac-cg
> >
> >"Lieven Van de Velde"
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:aef101c40769$c5bf36e0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Network printer was removed from office. Access (2002)
> >> Reports formerly using this printer cannot be opened any
> >> longer (not preview, not print, not design, not page
> >> setup) because "There was a problem retrieving printer
> >> information for this object". How to assign new printer
> to
> >> these reports ?
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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