Default Printer

[Synapsless]

Man this Default Printer thing is a pain in the bum. I'm on a network and my
printer is black and white, but I have access to a color printer on the
network. Running Office 2003 I've found several situations where I need to
change my default printer to get a specific application to work. For example
in Access to get reports to work, or when copying Excel stuff to Power Point
in color.

Thought you should know it's a pain.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Not an Office problem.

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After furious head scratching, Synapsless asked:

| Man this Default Printer thing is a pain in the bum. I'm on a
| network and my printer is black and white, but I have access to a
| color printer on the network. Running Office 2003 I've found several
| situations where I need to change my default printer to get a
| specific application to work. For example in Access to get reports
| to work, or when copying Excel stuff to Power Point in color.
|
| Thought you should know it's a pain.
|
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| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
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| http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-4d8c00ca0bad&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc

 

[Bob I]

Would you prefer no printer at all? Sounds like you need more experience
with computer software.

 

[gls858]

Man this Default Printer thing is a pain in the bum. I'm on a network and my
printer is black and white, but I have access to a color printer on the
network. Running Office 2003 I've found several situations where I need to
change my default printer to get a specific application to work. For example
in Access to get reports to work, or when copying Excel stuff to Power Point
in color.

Thought you should know it's a pain.

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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...-4d8c00ca0bad&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc

First I would talk to the network admin. Any printer on the network
should be available by doing file > print instead of just hitting the
printer icon. The icon is specifically for your DEFAULT printer.

gls858