Printing Problems From Access 2003 to Network Printers

[Brett_M_T]

Hi All

I have a 2003 Active Directory running with mandatory profiles. When a user
attempts to print from MS Access on a client PC nothing happens and if i
hover the mouse over the print button (no printer) appears.

I cannot use File>Print or File>Page Setup.

It is only Access that is affected as all other programs (MS and non MS)
work with no problems.

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Mike]

I'm having the exact same problem. Access 2003 with SP2 installed. (No
printer) over the printer icon, cannot print preview and print.
Detect/Repair does nothing.

 

[Brett_M_T]

I finally managed to sort the problem yesterday (sort of anyway)

Access 2003 does not want to print at all only when the default printer is a
network one - i had to set a local printer (used MS image writer) on LPT1 and
then change the printer from within the app.

This isn't a perfect fix but it works.

Let me know if you want to know anything else about it..

Brett

 

[Mike]

I used your idea and tweaked it a little.

The printer the user was trying to print to was a network printer, so I set
up a new local printer and then created a TCP/IP port using that printer's
address.

Works like a champ!

 

[Brett_M_T]

Sorry, i should have mentioned that.. i am running mandatory profiles with no
config on the desktops, so did not want to install anything locally - glad it
worked for you.

Brett