Microsoft KB Archive/61425

Excel for OS/2: “Printer Setup Error” with OS/2 1.20 Driver PSS ID Number: Q61425 Article last modified on 06-23-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

2.20

OS/2

Summary:

The error message “Printer Setup Error” occurs when you choose the Setup button on the Printer Setup dialog. The error occurs because the Printer Driver dialog doesn’t have the necessary options that Excel is looking for.

The workaround is to configure the printer from OS/2’s Print Manager and not from the Printer Setup dialog in Excel.

More Information:

Excel was released before OS/2 1.20 was released. The standard for the printer drivers was changed, but Excel 2.20 doesn’t reflect the change.

This error doesn’t occur with the printer drivers provided with Excel.

Informal testing has shown that many of the IBM printer drivers provided with OS/2 1.20 exhibit this behavior. Most of the dot matrix impact printer drivers (4201, 4207, 5152, 5202, etc.) produce this error. The IBM PostScript printer driver, however, does not.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.