Specific Printer and Windows XP fails

[John Hazen]

Has anyone found that the name assigned to printers under XP is different than under Windows 98? For example: Using Access 97, I created an invoice report and defined a specific printer called "Invoices". This printer is a shared network printer and is identified by Windows 98 as "Invoices". Last week I upgraded my development machine to XP and apparently XP wants to call this same printer "\\Desk2\Invoices". Now when I browse to setup a specific printer under XP it is no longer called simply "Invoices". The name in the drop down box is "\\Desk2\Invoices". I see no way to change that name. Last week, after fixing a few things, I copied my "new" front-end to the various workstations on the network. (which are still running Windows 98) Now when the users try to print an invoice, a messages pops up saying that printer "\\Desk2\Invoices" is not available. The only work around I have found is to copy my front-end MDB to a Windows 98 machine, reselect the specific printer "invoices" and then publish from there. What a pain. Anyone got a better solution?

 

[Oldsoftboss]

Have just read your thread (Dec 2001) on printing to specific printers. I'm trying get the windows 'print to' box to come up through code as it comes up when you press file-print. Is there an easy way to do this?
Dave.

 

[Rich]

PrintOut method?