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