XL2000: Excel Quits When Printing to a Printer with a Long Name (248212)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Excel 2000, when used with:
- the operating system: Microsoft Windows 2000
This article was previously published under Q248212 SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to print your workbook, Microsoft Excel quits unexpectedly. You receive the following error message, and your workbook is not printed:
EXCEL.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows.
You will need to restart the program.
An error log is being created.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when the following conditions are true:
- You are running Microsoft Windows 2000.
-and-
- You print to a printer that has a name longer than 113 characters.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a).
To obtain SR-1/SR-1a, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
245025 OFF2000: How to Obtain and Install Microsoft Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a (SR-1/SR-1a)
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1/SR-1a.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/31/2003 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbpending kbprint KB248212 |
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