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On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:03:37 -0800 (PST), tdsperth@gmail.com declaimed the
following:

>
>wordapp = win32com.client.Dispatch('Word.Application')
>worddoc = wordapp.Documents.Open(mypathfile)
>print(wordapp.ActivePrinter)
>"\\server\queries"
>wordapp.ActivePrinter = "\\server\letters" //fails on this line
>

	Which version of Python?

PythonWin 2.7.5 (default, Sep 16 2013, 23:11:01) [MSC v.1500 64 bit
(AMD64)] on win32.
Portions Copyright 1994-2008 Mark Hammond - see 'Help/About PythonWin' for
further copyright information.
>>> print "\\server\letters"
\server\letters
>>> 

>>> print r"\\server\letters"
\\server\letters
>>> 

	Note the difference?
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