How Do I get Access 2003 to recognise my printers?

[Guest]

My laptop came with Office (including Access 2003) pre-installed, but no
printers installed.

I have since set up the two printers I have at home.

All of the office applications except Access recognise and use these printers.

When I move the mouse over the printer icon in the toolbar in Acccess 2003
it pops up "(no printer)" and I can't print an already defined report, nor
can I create a new report.

Any help greatly appreciated

Geoff King

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

Are you talking about actual printers attached to your notebook, or are you
talking about printers that you installed, but are used across a network?
(a very big difference between a local printer, and using a network printer
that has been shared from another computer).

If the printer is not aviabvling, such as a network printer, then ms-access
can't talk to the printer and do layout stuff.

What I usually do is install a nice dumb local printer (a hp LaserJet series
II). Or, even better is to install a nice pdf printer that lets you make pdf
files.

Here is free pdf creator I used for years:
And free means no watermarks, no nag screens, no annoying Popup
advertisements, no time limits etc.

It is also very fast, and works very well. I highly recommend it. So, in
place of installing a dumb printer as above, you might as well install
something useful.

http://www.acrosoftware.com/products/cutepdf/Printer.asp

So, what you do is when you travel, or are not connected to you network, you
set your default printer to the above pdf printer. That way, the printer is
always available.

If you are in fact talking about some printers that are attached to your
notebook, and you are experiencing this problem, them something else is
wrong here. Perhaps the name of the printer was saved with the report, but
is no longer installed on your computer? In most cases, it is best you leave
the report set to the default printer, and not set it to a specific one.