There is a known issue with the SolidWorks Viewer 2009 SP3.0 and printing:
Knowledge Base Solution S-036239
Question:
When printing a SolidWorks document from SolidWorks Viewer 2009 SP3 from the File, Print menu, why does the program crash with the following error "An unsupported operation was attempted"?
Answer:
This issue has been identified and submitted to the SolidWorks development team as SPR 487382 - "Print via File, Print causes 'An unsupported operation was attempted' error and crash."
Here are a number of work-arounds that can be used:
1. Uninstall SolidWorks Viewer SP3.0 and install SolidWorks Viewer SP2.1 or earlier
2. Use the Print icon instead of File>Print from the menu
3. Use SolidWorks "Quick View" mode to print the file
4. Use eDrawings to print the file.
Leslie Lougheed
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