Microsoft KB Archive/177275

= WD97: How to Create a Macro to Change Printer or Fax Driver =

Article ID: 177275

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q177275





SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Sub procedure (macro) that allows you to send a document to a specific printer or fax device and then resets the printer to the original default.



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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub SwitchPrinter Dim strActivePrinter As String ' Get active printer. strActivePrinter = Application.ActivePrinter ' Change to the Microsoft Fax printer driver. Application.ActivePrinter = "Microsoft Fax" ' Print the active document to Fax. ActiveDocument.PrintOut ' Change back to the default printer. Application.ActivePrinter = strActivePrinter End Sub Note: If you run this macro and specify a printer that is not installed, you will receive the following error message:

Run-time error '5216': There is a printer error.

