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I can no longer get publisher to print to any printer, including a physical printer (HPLaserJet) or to a file, i.e. a PDF. It tries to connect for about 30 seconds and then once connected the print button remains greyed out. All other MS Office programs work fine. Any ideas?
A desktop publishing application from Microsoft that focuses on page layout and graphic design.
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I had this problem and solved it by unchecking "Use XPS enhanced print path when available" under Publisher Options>Advanced>Print.
I had this problem and solved it by unchecking "Use XPS enhanced print path when available" under Publisher Options>Advanced>Print.
This worked for me with Publisher 2013. I work with Publisher a lot, so having to print everything to PDF first was just ridiculous. THANK YOU!
Thanks PaulCirillo! I tried everything, I re-installed MS Office, repaired it, tried printing to PDF then printing it (that only screwed up my formatting). Then I tried your suggestion and it worked like a charm!
Are you using publisher 2007?
I can not find "publisher options" or "options>advanced>print" in 2007 - they are however available in 2010 & was touted as a "new functionality" for 2010.
If you have located this option in 2007 please can you clarify exactly how to access it, thankyou
I have just spent another hour with online chat and the Level 2 tech confirmed that Office 2007 is no lomger supported and we all have to upgrade to latest Office pack. Not a good outcome
Just because MSFT no longer 'supports' Office 2007 does NOT mean that you have to 'upgrade to latest Office pack'. Whether you find a permanent fix for the printing problem for Publisher does not mean you cannot continue to use Publisher 2007. You can always use the workaround of converting the Publisher file to a PDF and then printing the PDF file. IMHO that is far better than the expense and downgrading to Publisher 2016.
I have been using Publisher since Pub 97. In fact I still have Pub 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013 installed. As of Publisher 2010, MSFT started downgrading and stripping functionality from Publisher with each version. IMHO Publisher 2016 is the most buggy and the worst version of them all.
There are several ways of converting your Pub file to a PDF. The Office 2007 PDF add-in or possibly the *Win10 PDF printer driver*are two options you may already have. Personally I moved away from MSFT PDF tools years ago and installed the freebie PrimoPDF. It is a more functional and dependable tool IMHO. You can use it with any program from which you can print; it allows you to append an existing PDF file which you cannot do with any MSFT PDF tool; and best of all it appears to be immune to the Office patches that tend to break things in an effort to fix other things. If you set primopdf to automatically open your PDF after converting it, then it is just one more step to print directly to your chosen printer from your PDF reader.
If you decide to try PrimoPDF then choose the custom install and opt out of any toolbars or junkware that is often bundled with freeware.
Abandon Publisher 2007 and spend the money to move to the inferior Publisher 2016 if you want, but don't say that you have to do this. There is an option.
DavidF