A drawing is not printed to the printer that you specify in Visio 2000

When you print a drawing in Microsoft Visio 2000, the drawing is not printed to the printer that you specify. Instead, the drawing is printed to the default printer.

This issue may occur if the following conditions are true:

• When you print the drawing in Visio 2000, you specify a printer that is not the default printer.
• Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) is installed on the computer.

To work around this issue, quit Visio 2000. Then, change the Microsoft Windows default printer to the printer that you want to use in Visio 2000.

To change the Windows default printer, follow these steps.

Note These steps assume that you already have the printer that you want to use installed in Windows.

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

1. Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes.
2. Right-click the printer that you want to set as the Windows default printer. Then, click Set as Default Printer.
3. On the File menu, click Close to close the Printers and Faxes window.

To print a drawing to a different printer in Visio 2000, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Print.
2. In the Print dialog box, click the printer that you want to use in the Name box.
3. Click OK to print the drawing.

For more information about Visio SP2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: