In Microsoft Excel 2000, when you attempt to select a printer in the Print dialog box, some printer names may not appear in the Name list. However, the same printers do appear in the Print dialog box of other programs.
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This behavior can occur if the printer name in the Win.ini file contains certain characters such as "[" or "]" (without the quotation marks).
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Change the printer name in the Win.ini file so that it does not contain "[" or "]" characters.
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Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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Some communication software may create entries in the Win.ini file for redirected printers and give those printers names that include characters that are not recognized correctly by Excel 2000.
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