On Friday, January 15, 2016 at 2:04:08 PM UTC+8, tdsp...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I am trying to change the active printer using win32com.client with the
> following code
>
>
>
> wordapp = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application')
> worddoc = wordapp.Documents.Open(mypathfile)
> print(wordapp.ActivePrinter)
> "\\server\queries"
> wordapp.ActivePrinter = "\\server\letters" //fails on this line
>
>
> File "C:\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\dynamic.py", line 544,
> in __setattr__
> self._oleobj_.Invoke(entry.dispid, 0, invoke_type, 0, value)
> pywintypes.com_error: (-2147352567, 'Exception occurred.', (0, 'Microsoft
> Word', 'There is a printer error.', 'wdmain11.
> chm', 24696, -2146823072), None)
>
> If I don't try to change printers - it prints too the default printer.
>
> Cheers
>
> Colin
\\\\server\\letters - the extra back slashes were required.
Colin
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