Outlook Printer Macro

[Rob F]

Hi

At work I've got macros for Word and Excel, assigned to a
toolbar button, which change the default printer to a
different one (our colour printer), prints out whatever
I've got open, and then changes the default printer back
(to the monochrome one) again.

I'd like to be able to do this in Outlook too. For
example if I've got an email in my inbox highlighted I'd
like the macro to be able to print that on the colour
printer. But I can't seem to get it to work!

The existing macros I use are:
WORD...
ActivePrinter = " [PRINTER 2] "
Application.PrintOut
ActivePrinter = " [PRINTER 1] "

EXCEL...
Application.ActivePrinter = " [PRINTER 2] "
ActiveSheet.PrintOut
Application.ActivePrinter = " [PRINTER 1] "

Can anyone help, please?

Rob F

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Outlook does not provide any objects for controlling the printer. A possible workaround might be to save the message as a document (MailItem.SaveAs), then open that document in Word and use your Word macro.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Sue.

Seems strange that it can't be done but there we are!

I'll stick to CTRL+P and selecting the printer manually.

Cheers

Rob F