Myriad_Rocker
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What in the world is this error?????
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Myriad_Rocker
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Oh yeah. This was originally hooked up to an old computer and the computer was replaced on the network and now every computer that tries to print to this printer gets this error...even the new one that replaced it.
Nothing to stress about, unless the printed results are just really screwed up on the new printer.
Access does not have a print renderer. Instead, it uses the print driver/renderer from either the default or specified printer on the machine that the report is created on. You will commonly get that error if you altered things like the margins or paper size at design time for the report (file | page setup) and the new printer doesn't support those settings. An example of this would be formatting a report against an HP laser that lets you specify margins of only .25"; opening the report on a computer that has an inkjet printer that only allows margins greater than .75" will trigger that message.
In short, click 'yes'. If the report gets screwed up, determine what specifically this new printer can't do and reformat the report.
Access does not have a print renderer. Instead, it uses the print driver/renderer from either the default or specified printer on the machine that the report is created on. You will commonly get that error if you altered things like the margins or paper size at design time for the report (file | page setup) and the new printer doesn't support those settings. An example of this would be formatting a report against an HP laser that lets you specify margins of only .25"; opening the report on a computer that has an inkjet printer that only allows margins greater than .75" will trigger that message.
In short, click 'yes'. If the report gets screwed up, determine what specifically this new printer can't do and reformat the report.
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The error has to do with the built-in formatting routines that convert a document to something printable. If you are dealing with a really dumb-butt printer, you send straight ASCII plus some control codes. But as computers get more sophisticated, you get more options including graphics instructions. There are all sorts of graphics instructions. For instance, on HP printers, you have at least a chance of using HPGL (HP Graphics Language) to control the printing. There must be dozens of proprietary methods out there by now, no telling without the manual as to which printers use which method.
What this is telling you is that the Access output routine looked at its defaults and compared them to the defaults corresponding to your current default printer, and that they did not match. I.e. your default printer within Access doesn't match your default printer within Windows. So Access is asking permission to change to a new default printer output converter.
I'd say, let it do so. Long term, you might wish to print something from Access and go through the long "Print ..." dialog (including clicking on the Select Printer button) to reset Access's viewpoint of its current printer.
What this is telling you is that the Access output routine looked at its defaults and compared them to the defaults corresponding to your current default printer, and that they did not match. I.e. your default printer within Access doesn't match your default printer within Windows. So Access is asking permission to change to a new default printer output converter.
I'd say, let it do so. Long term, you might wish to print something from Access and go through the long "Print ..." dialog (including clicking on the Select Printer button) to reset Access's viewpoint of its current printer.
