Well, lets be a bit more clear here. You MUST have at least one printer
installed, else you can't run, or view reports.

So, it not that you can't install ms-access, you can't run, or view reports
if you don't have a printer installed.

here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224148/en-us
and
here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/208553/en-us

It turns out that windows xp as a rule has the

Microsoft Office Document Writer installed on a each copy. So, since windows
xp came out, we RARELY see this problem...because there is a printer
installed by default...

And, for windows vista, there is the XPS document writer installed by
default.

however, the "concluding" here is that I am suggesting to the original
poster to check if a printer is installed. (perhaps the built in one was not
installed).

And, simply just trying a different printer can also help this case....