Select printer by Word 2007 template?

[Nigel Molesworth]

Can anyone suggest how I can select a printer (and possibly a tray from that
printer) when a particular Word 2007 template is opened? I want to do this
without altering the system default printer.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the article "Changing the selected (current) printer in Word without
changing the system default printer" at:

http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ChangeCurPrinter.htm


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[Graham Mayor]

See also http://www.gmayor.com/fax_from_word.htm which covers the selection
of trays.

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[Nigel Molesworth]

Can anyone suggest how I can select a printer (and possibly a tray from that
printer) when a particular Word 2007 template is opened?

Thanks for the replies. Is there a StartUp method I can use to run the code
when the template opens?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If you name the macro AutoNew (or make it part of an existing AutoNew macro
saved in the template), it will run when you create a new document based on
the template, which I imagine is what you mean. An AutoOpen macro would run
when the template is opened, but ordinarily you wouldn't be opening the
template.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Graham Mayor]

You could do that as indicated by Suzanne, but it would be better to change
the printer at print time then back to the original printer to avoid
affecting other documents.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

An AutoClose macro could reset the printer. But I suppose a specific
FilePrint and/or FilePrintDefault macro stored in the template could
accomplish what you suggest without requiring users to run a specific macro
in order to print.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Jay Freedman]

Selecting the printer in the FilePrint and FilePrintDefault macros in the
specific template is indeed the preferred method. The code to do that, without
affecting the default printer setting, is in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/ChangeCurPrinter.htm. Explanation of the
two print macros is in
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/InterceptSavePrint.htm.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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