Plotting to Port LPT1 generates the following message: LPT1 This file name is reserved for use by Windows. Choose another name and try again

	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:

 

Plotting to Port LPT1 generates the following message:

 

LPT1 This file name is reserved for use by Windows. Choose another name and try again

 

 

Solution

 

The name „LPT1“is a reserved name for the name of a file in Windows (see here). You cannot use this name in a standard Windows “Save Print as” dialog box. Windows detects that this is a reserved keyword and rejects.

 

You can adress the LPT1 Port when you remove the checkmark in MicroStation

Workspace -> Preferences -> Look and Feel -> Use Windows File Open Dialogs

 

 

MicroStation Help

 

If on (the default), native Windows file selection dialogs are used instead of the product file open dialogs:

  

If you do not want to remove the checkmark in the Preferences to adress the LPT1 Port, you can change the style of the “Save as print” dialog box using the keyboard shortcut <shift><esc>.