"Error in Loading Printer Driver" in Publisher 1.0

Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
Article ID: Q82396

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows operating system versions 3.1, 3.11
Microsoft Publisher, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Publisher version 1.0 with Microsoft Windows, the following error may be displayed when a file is loaded.

   Error in loading printer driver

CAUSE

This error message occurs because Publisher notices that the printer driver originally used to create the file is different than the one currently being used in Windows.

WORKAROUND

From the File menu, choose Printer Setup.
Choose the OK button.

This tells Publisher that a new driver is loaded. After following these steps, you can successfully print the file.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Publisher version 1.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbsetup kbinterop
KBSubcategory: win31
Additional reference words: 3.10 pub 3.11

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Last reviewed: November 30, 1994
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