Publisher 2000 Error Message: Publisher Cannot Continue Printing Because of an Error

When you attempt to print a publication from Microsoft Publisher 2000, you may receive the following error message:

This behavior can occur if the name of the printer is longer than 62 characters.

NOTE: If the name of the printer is longer than 185 characters, Publisher quits unexpectedly when you click Exit Catalog.

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:

Microsoft 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.