Cannot View/Print Reports-Default printer fix

[harix]

I encounted this before with other MS Office programs. On some PC's a certain aspect of the default printer prevents the ability to view or print MS Access reports. I have solved this in the past by changing the default printer. Is there a definitive answer to the cause of this? It occurs only on network printers. I have had it occur on an HP 4240 printer that was beside an exact same make and modeled printer that reports ran perfectly.

I have searched the web and this forum and cannot find an answer.

 

[RuralGuy]

Access requires a local printer be defined in order to display the reports. The local printer does not need to be attached or even exist in reality, just defined in the list of printers. Why is beyond my understanding.