An exception occurred populating the printer driver configuration ECInstance


	Applies To

	Product(s):	MicroStation
	Version(s):	System.Data.DataRowView
	Environment:	N\A
	Area:	Printing
	Subarea:	N\A
	Original Author:	Frank Reimann, Bentley Technical Support Group

Problem Description

The following message appears during the printer driver converting process, after trying to open a old style jpeg.plt Printer Driver :

The printer driver configuration file “c:\Temp\jpeg.plt” cannot be opened

MicroStation message Center

An exception occurred populating the printer driver configuration ECInstance

18 is greater than the maximum value of 2

Steps to Resolve

The problem was solved by uncommented the following line in the old style printer driver configuration file jpeg.plt using a semicolon

;raster_compression/format=18/methods=(0)

See also

http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/microstation_printing/w/wiki/7188.video-printer-driver-file-conversion.aspx

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