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Andy Mabbett wrote in message
> I have no printer on this machine, never having need of one.
>
> However, I occasionally need to "print preview" (Access won't even let
> me design a report without three being one installed) and Windows kindly
> (!) won't let me do that without there being a printer installed. Is
> there anyway to set up a "ghost" printer?

Just install any printer you please from the Windows list that
comes up when you choose Add Printer. You don't _have_ to
print a test page, and you don't have to have a device connected
to a port to install a printer. In the Control Panel Printer applet
you can always set the output to a Disk File instead if you wish
then the "printer" will work, too.

If you install the Generic Text-Only printer from the standard
list, then the print files will be plain ASCII and readable, too.

Note that some software may not Print-Preview correctly if
you install the Generic Text-Only printer as the default printer,
since it will assume simple formatting. If this happens add
another Printer from the list and make it the default instead.

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William Allen