Can't print from any Office programs

[Guy Delaney]

I have Microsoft Office 2003 fully patched on my computer. When I try to
print from Excel of Word, a "Save the file as" shows up and wants me to save
the file with as a *.xps file. No matter what I do, I cannot get any of my
documents to print.

Any suggestions?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Change the printer driver to a printer you have access to.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It sounds like your default printer is set to XPS--a Microsoft format
similar in concept to PDF. So, when you try to print, Excel is trying to
create an XPS file.

If this is happening for all applications , you need to go into the Control
Panel for Windows, and set the default printer to your actual physical
printer.

 

[mazorj]

Sometimes I have had a newly installed program give me a "must specify
printer" message even though I have a default printer set to go.
Re-saving the settings through the Printer utility (or specifying
another default printer) wouldn't clear up the problem, nor would
closing and re-opening the program. But most of the time, restarting
the computer and re-opening the program fixed the issue. Once or
twice I had to reinstall the program (or "Repair the application" if
that option was offered) then reboot then restart the application. I
don't know why this happens but fortunately the problems have been
self-repairing using the above procedures.