Cannot Print From Outlook Express

#1 Marjorie07

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Posted 26 April 2007 - 12:03 PM

I am running XP. A few months ago, I realized that I cannot print anything from Outlook Express. I can print from all other places, just not OE. When I try to print, the printer comes up and when I click "print",it all disappears even the thing I was trying to print and I am back on my desktop. Any ideas???

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Posted 26 April 2007 - 11:59 PM

Try closing IE and Outlook Express and then click on Start/ Run then type "regsvr32 ole32.dll" without the quotes then press enter.

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Posted 27 April 2007 - 08:21 AM

maybe this can help:

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OE uses the Internet Explorer print engine, so you have to configure IE for printing before you print in OE. To do that, open Internet Explorer and click File | Page Setup.

The print font size is also affected by Internet Explorer. If the font is too large or too small, change the text size in Internet Explorer by clicking View | Text Size and then try printing again.

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#4 Marjorie07

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Posted 28 April 2007 - 12:24 PM

Thank you for the comments. I tried everything mentioned, but still will not print. It is very aggravating at best. Any other ideas?

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Posted 28 April 2007 - 02:05 PM

See if one of these, is of any help:
Cannot Print From Internet Explorer or Outlook Express
OLEXP: Unable to Print When the Preview Pane Is Not Enabled

Also, you could try a repair of Outlook Express:
How to Repair Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express in Windows

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Posted 08 August 2008 - 04:27 PM

I had a problem printing from Outlook Express today. v6.00.2900.2180 using Windows XP Home Edition

I tried the solution above:

Try closing IE and Outlook Express and then click on Start/ Run then type "regsvr32 ole32.dll" without the quotes then press enter

Worked perfectly! Thanks for the assist!

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Posted 05 July 2009 - 08:34 PM

TMacK, on Apr 27 2007, 02:59 PM, said:

Try closing IE and Outlook Express and then click on Start/ Run then type "regsvr32 ole32.dll" without the quotes then press enter.

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