MS Office document and image writer print driver & port

Per our support engineer:

Thanks for using ISV Community Forum, according to your problem, I’m wondering whether you can simply log on the machine as administrator and delete the virtual printer (just select the icon and press del key) in Control Panel -> Printers and Faxes, after the deletion, the virtual printer will no longer appears in each user’s profile. Of course, since you’ve already installed feature, you can easily recover the virtual printer without reinstallation.

-brenda (ISV Buddy Team)

1. Go to Control panel – Printer and fax
2. Add Printer – select local printer attached then manual
3. In the port option select Document image printer writer port
4. Install a generic text only printer.
5. Right-click on the generic text/only printer driver and select properties.
6. Click on ports and select "Microsoft office document imaging driver port"
7. Click on the advanced tab and change the driver to Microsoft office document image writer
8. Click on apply and OK

I am having a similar problem... I am missing the Microsoft Document Image Wrinter Port: But I have the driver. Anyone know how to re-install the port?

Thanks! Jeremy

A little bit different problem here. I was using this Microsoft Document Imaging Writer port (virtual printer) for quite some time to print what ever screen/file into a image file (mdi/tif format). This virtual printer was missing from the printer folder without I noticed it.

I followed the instructions posted in this discussion to add back the virtual printer by selecting the "Generic / text only", change in printer property to select "Microsoft Document Imaging Writer port". I added the virtual printer successfully.

But, I was not able to print out a mdi format file. It only able to print out a tif format file. I tried to change in property->Advance tab, change output format from tif format to mdi format. After i click print, nothing come out.

FYI. If select output tif format, it is working fine output a tif file like what i experienced before.

Please advice.

Hi

I did just create a port of the name "Microsoft Document Imaging Writer port" then suddenly two ports of the name existed.

So I deleted the one I created..... But

I can not find the "Microsoft Document Imaging Writer Driver", not on my PC, not on windows update, so please help me find the driver.

Thanks B?rge

Microsoft recommendation to solve the issue is:

Rename MDIMON.DLL

Remove OFFICE DOCUMENT IMAGING

Restart

Install OFFICE DOCUMENT IMAGING

Restart

I just change the repice:

Rename MDIMON.DLL

Remove OFFICE DOCUMENT IMAGING

Remove EXCEL

Restart

Install OFFICE DOCUMENT IMAGING

Install EXCEL

Restart

And it WORK!!!!!!!

OK, this installed the Office document image writer but users are reporting that when they send files to it, they don't know where to find them. Please advise. Thanks.